The effect of providing power mobility on body weight change

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 746-753

  Yang, Weibin ^a,b,d   Wilson, Leslie ^b   Oda, Ijeoma ^b   Yan, Jingsheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Weight Gain; Weight Loss; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34548119826     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31813e0645     Document Type: Article

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