Gait Efficiency on an Uneven Surface Is Associated with Falls and Injury in Older Subjects with a Spectrum of Lower Limb Neuromuscular Function: A Prospective Study

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 83-90

  Zurales, Katie ^a   DeMott, Trina K ^a   Kim, Hogene ^c   Allet, Lara ^b   Ashton Miller, James A ^c   Richardson, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental Falls; Diabetic Neuropathy; Gait; Injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BUILDING; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84954432268     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000324     Document Type: Article

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