Evaluation of complex activities in daily living of elderly Japanese with visual impairment

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-129

  Nakamura, K ^a   Otomo, A ^b   Maeda, A ^b   Kikuchi, S ^b   Motohashi, Y ^c   Tanaka, M ^b   Nakadaira, H ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Aged; Complex activities; Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL); Vision disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033055047     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03399651     Document Type: Article

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