Impaired mobility in older persons attending a geriatric assessment clinic: Causes and management

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 068-072

  Tan, T L ^a   Ding, Y Y ^a   Lee, A ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric syndrome; Intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0035257873     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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