Subcortical vascular lesions predict falls at 12 months in elderly patients discharged from a rehabilitation ward

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1522-1527

  Guerini, Fabio ^a,b   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^c   Marrè, Alessandra ^a,b   Turco, Renato ^a,b   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^b,d  

^a Ancelle della Carita Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Elderly; Gait; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME FOR THE AGED; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REHABILITATION CENTER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 48649108354     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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