Correlation between balance and the level of functional independence among elderly people

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: As the overall number of elderly people increases there is a corresponding rise in the number of older persons with disabilities. In order to examine whether there is any relationship between balance and activities of daily living, we evaluated balance and daily activities amo...

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Main Author: Prata,Melina Galetti (author)
Other Authors: Scheicher,Marcos Eduardo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000200005
Country:Brazil
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