Strategies community dwelling elderly women employ to ease the task of standing up from household surfaces

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-144

  Bohanno, Richard W ^a,b   Corrigan, Darcie L ^c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Kidsteps Saah   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Mobility; Transfers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0038532458     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200304000-00007     Document Type: Article

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