Compensatory Strategies Used by Older Adults Facing Mobility Disability

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1217-1220

  Weiss, Carlos O ^a,b   Hoenig, Helen M ^c,d   Fried, Linda P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Disability evaluation; Mass screening; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 34548403044     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.007     Document Type: Note

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