Effectiveness of balance training programme in reducing the frequency of falling in established osteoporotic women: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 217-224

  Mikó, Ibolya ^a   Szerb, Imre ^b   Szerb, Anna ^c   Poor, Gyula ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^b UZSOKI HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

balance training programme; Established osteoporosis; prevention of falls; stabilometer

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; KINESIOTHERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85011579511     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215516628616     Document Type: Article

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