Medical and everyday assistive device use among older adults with arthritis

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 535-548

  Sutton, Deborah ^b   Gignac, Monique A M ^a   Cott, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; And enabling factors; Assistive devices; Disability; Independence; Need; Osteoarthritis; Predisposing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE DEVICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY;

EID: 0036921548     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800002075     Document Type: Article

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