Postural Balance of elderly patients hospitalized in the medical clinic
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2018v21i4p55-71Keywords:
Hospitalization, Dizziness, Health of the Elderly.Abstract
Investigated the association between postural balance (PB) and sociodemographic and clinical-functional variables of elderly patients at the admission in the Medical Clinic infirmary. Elderly people with higher age, level of more compromised cognition, worse nutritional status, worse grip strength, more diagnostic hypotheses, presence of eye and attachments diseases, deficit auditory and/or visual, falls in the last year, increased dizziness start time, roundabout kind and that came from the emergency room had worse PB.Downloads
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2018-12-30
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Souza, D. G. R. de, Dias, V. da N., Maia, D. A. dos R., Branco-Barreiro, F. C. A., Lemos, N. de F. D., & Gazzola, J. M. (2018). Postural Balance of elderly patients hospitalized in the medical clinic. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 21(4), 55–71. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2018v21i4p55-71
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