Identifying Mobility Dysfunctions in Elderly Patients: Standard Neuromuscular Examination or Direct Assessment?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1190-1193

  Tinetti, Mary E ^a   Ginter, Sandra F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METHODS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023840467     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03720080024022     Document Type: Article

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