TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Assessment of walking problems in the elderly person JO - Soins Gerontologie A1 - Pamoukdjian, Frederic A1 - Charniot, Christine A1 - Sebbane, Georges SP - 21 EP - 23 VL - 22 IS - 128 N2 - Walking problems represent a major public health issue in the geriatric population due to their frequency and the dramatic consequences they cause. They also mark a starting point of the physical frailty of elderly people. Their early detection should result in adapted functional rehabilitation in order to reduce the associated complications. Overview of walking problems in the elderly and the clinical means for assessing them.

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LA - fr SN - 1268-6034 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sger.2017.09.005 ID - ref1 ER -