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Balance and gait in older electroconvulsive therapy recipients: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used to treat depression in older adults. Despite its efficacy in this regard, an associated increase in the risk of falls in this population is a downside of treatment. ECT research has focused on the incidence of falls, but its effect on bala...

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Autores principales: Plakiotis, Chris, Barson, Fay, Vengadasalam, Bharathi, Haines, Terry P, O’Connor, Daniel W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766650
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S42628