Post-fall syndrome: A matter to study in patients with hip fractures admitted to orthopaedic wards [7]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-206

  Alarcon, Teresa ^a   Gonzalez Montalvo, Juan Ignacio ^a   Barcena, Almudena ^a   Gotor, Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEAR; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644976307     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj046     Document Type: Letter

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