Contractures in Frail Nursing Home Residents

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Wagner, Laura M ^a   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Brush, Barbara L ^a   Clevenger, Carolyn ^a   Boltz, Marie ^a   Renz, Susan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749118447     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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