Assessment of functional ability with the bed rise difficulty scale in a group of elderly patients

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 294-300

  Boffelli, Stefano ^a,b   Franzoni, Simone ^a,b   Rozzini, Renzo ^a,b   Barbisoni, Piera ^a,b   Bertozzi, Bruno ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^b  

^a P Richiedei Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bed rise difficulty; Functional ability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029909558     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213806     Document Type: Article

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