Usefulness of the Elderly Mobility Scale for classifying residential placements

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1114-1120

  Yu, Mabel S W ^a   Chan, Chetwyn C H ^b   Tsim, Robin K M ^c  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NURSING HOMES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349050263     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507080789     Document Type: Article

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