The 'Sit-to-Scale' score - A pilot study to develop an easily applied score to follow functional status in elderly dialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3318-3321

  Saito, G Kenzo ^a   Jassal, Sarbjit Vanita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Gait speed; Geriatrics; Haemodialysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 36749103778     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm454     Document Type: Article

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