Making geriatric assessment work: Selecting useful measures

Physical Therapy

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1233-1252

  VanSwearingen, J M ^a   Brach, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric assessment; Physical functioning

Indexed keywords

AGED; FITNESS; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0034978956     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/81.6.1233     Document Type: Review

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