Balance performance in patients with heart failure.

Tanriverdi A., ÖZCAN KAHRAMAN B., ÖZSOY İ., ACAR S., ŞENTÜRK B., ÖZPELİT E., ...More

Heart & lung : the journal of critical care, vol.49, no.5, pp.458-462, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 49 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.04.004
  • Journal Name: Heart & lung : the journal of critical care
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.458-462
  • Keywords: Balance, Heart failure, Cardiac rehabilitation, INJURIOUS FALLS, DYNAMIC BALANCE, 6-MINUTE WALK, RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, PREDICTORS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: It has been suggested that patients with heart failure (HF) have an increased fall rate. Although balance is one of the most important risk factors for fall, there is not sufficient information about balance in HF.