Falls in the Rehabilitation Setting: Incidence and Characteristics

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 17-22

  Gregor, Sara ^b   Buettner, Margaret ^b   Chwirchak, Diane ^b   Lee, Olga ^b   Paras, Wilfredo ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG THERAPY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION;

EID: 0024530512     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: 20487940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.1989.tb00667.x     Document Type: Article

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