The rehabilitation of patients with dementia after hip fracture [1]

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 12-13

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^c  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b Ancelle della Carita Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

EID: 34548263694     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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