Patterns of mobility aid use among working-age persons with multiple sclerosis living in the community in the United States

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-76

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a   Rao, Sowmya R ^a,b   Kinkel, R Philip ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobility; Multiple sclerosis; Walker; Walking; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WALKING AID; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; CANES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449269072     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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