Risk factors for falls during inpatient rehabilitation

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 341-353

  Lee, Jae Eun ^a   Stokic, Dobrivoje S ^a  

^a METHODIST REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall; FIM Instrument; Rehabilitation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; AGE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 42449103497     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31816ddc01     Document Type: Article

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