Exercise interventions, gait, and balance in older subjects with distal symmetric polyneuropathy: A three-group randomized clinical trial

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Quigley, Patricia A ^a   Bulat, Tatjana ^a   Schulz, Brian ^b   Friedman, Yvonne ^a   Hart Hughes, Stephanie ^a   Richardson, James K ^c   Barnett, Scott ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Clinical Trial; Gait; Group Exercise; Outcomes; Peripheral Neuropathy; Rehabilitation; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INTERVENTION STUDIES;

EID: 84891754140     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000052     Document Type: Article

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