BALANCE disordersOLDER peopleSECONDARY analysisLOGARITHMIC functionsBackground: Gait speed is associated with a higher prevalence of balance disorders in older adults residing at high altitudes. This study investigated this association in older adults from 12 high-altitude Andean Peruvian co...
Brooke Salzman, M. 2010. Gait and balance disorders in older adults American Family Physician, 82, 61-68. Brunton, L. L. (ed.) 2006. Goodman & Gilman\'s : the pharmacological basis of therapeutics, United States of America: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing...
Balance disorders in adults: an overview 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 21 作者: Palaniappan,R 摘要: Dizziness is a common and potentially disabling complaint. A multitude of medical and otological conditions may manifest as disequilibrium. Symptomatic improvement in peripheral vestibular ...
Balance and Gait in Older Adults With Systemic Hypertension. Am. J. Cardiol. 91, 643-645.Hausdorff JM, Herman T, Baltadjieva R, Gurevich T, Giladi N. Bal- ance and gait in older adults with systemic hypertension. Am J Cardiol. 2003;91:643-645....
Population: Older adults (aged ≥65 years) with independent gait were evaluated using the Mini-Mental State Examination and Clinical Dementia Rating scale. People with other neurological or musculoskeletal disorders were excluded. Methods: Participants were classified into three groups: 30 healthy ...
Laura is a physical therapist who has expertise in evaluating and treating balance disorders with older adults; with people who have neurological diagnoses such as stroke, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease; and with people who have dizziness. ...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the electromyographic and kinematic characteristics of postural responses of 24 healthy older adults both prior to and immediately after a multisensory balance training period. It was hypothesized that the muscle and movement characteristics of postural responses ...
A modifiable risk factor that has repeatedly been identified in the literature is the presence of gait or balance problems [2, 5, 8]. Many studies have shown that balance training can effectively reduce falls incidence in older adults, with or without specific disorders, by approximately 24% [...
Balance disorders in the elderly: Epidemiology and functional impact†‡ Objectives/Hypothesis:To quantify the prevalence and determine the impact of dizziness and balance disorders in the elderly.Study Design:Cross-sectional an... HW Lin,MD Neil Bhattacharyya,FACS - 《Laryngoscope》 被引量: 126...
One of our four older adultswill fall each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cause? Loss of strength in the lower extremities and balance/gait issues. Whether from aging, injury, or even living a more sedentary lifestyle — a lack of strength in your ...