Postural balance and the risk of falling during pregnancy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1623-1625

  Cakmak, Bulent ^a,b   Ribeiro, Ana Paula ^c   Inanir, Ahmet ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Balance; fall; posture; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; DYNAMIC POSTURAL STABILITY TEST; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SUPPORT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATIC POSTURAL STABILITY TEST; VESTIBULAR TEST; WEIGHT GAIN; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84958104937     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1057490     Document Type: Article

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