Wheelchair Evaluation for the Older Adult

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-375

  Sabol, Timothy P ^a   Haley, Evelyn S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT MOBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN INJURY; WHEELCHAIR; WHEELCHAIR FITTING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33646091289     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2005.12.013     Document Type: Review

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