Incident falls impair ability to function in hip-fracture survivors: A prospective study of 95 elderly women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-400

  Di Monaco, Marco ^a   Vallero, Fulvia ^a   Tappero, Rosa ^b   De Lauso, Lucia ^b   De Toma, Elena ^b   Cavanna, Alberto ^a  

^a Presidio Sanitario San Camillo   (Italy)

^b Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Falls in the elderly; Hip fracture of elderly; Outcome of rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 63149182153     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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