Edema of the paretic hand in elderly post-stroke nursing patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-42

  Leibovitz, Arthur ^a   Baumoehl, Yehuda ^a   Roginsky, Yelena ^a   Glick, Zahava ^b   Habot, Beni ^a   Segal, Refael ^a  

^a Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hand edema; Post stroke nursing patients; Post stroke symptoms in elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33751021703     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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