Outcomes 6 months after rehabilitation of a proximal femur fracture in the oldest old [1]

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 620-621

  Baztán, Juan J ^a   Domenech, Juan R ^a   Socorro, Alberto ^a   Isach, Montserrat ^a   De la Fuente, Manuel ^a  

^a Central Red Cross Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037387177     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2003.50233     Document Type: Letter

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