Factors Associated With Falls in Older Patients With Diffuse Polyneuropathy
- 5 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 50 (11) , 1767-1773
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50503.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To identify clinical factors associated with falls by older persons with polyneuropathy (PN). DESIGN: A cross‐sectional study of 82 subjects aged 50 to 85 with clinical and electrodiagnos...Keywords
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