Assessing and restoring function in elderly people - More than rehabilitation

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-328

  Wilkinson, T J ^a   Buhrkuhl, D C ^a   Sainsbury, R ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REHABILITATION; STROKE;

EID: 0030698318     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559701100409     Document Type: Article

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