Prevalence and outcomes of low mobility in hospitalized older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1263-1270

  Brown, Cynthia J ^a,b,d   Friedkin, Rebecca J ^c   Inouye, Sharon K ^c  

^a Education and Clinical Center ^*  (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedrest; Geriatrics; Hospital complications; Iatrogenesis; Mobility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BED REST; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INPATIENTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3843146055     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52354.x     Document Type: Article

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