Home-based exercise program and fall-risk reduction in older adults with multiple sclerosis: Phase 1 randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-263

  Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a   Finlayson, Marcia ^b   McAuley, Edward ^a   Morrison, Steve ^c   Motl, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; exercise; falls; gait; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FALLS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

BALANCE; EXERCISE; FALLS; GAIT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84894434346     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215513501092     Document Type: Article

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