Managing Gait Disorders in Older Persons Residing in Nursing Homes: A Review of Literature

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-237

  Canavan, Paul K ^a   Cahalin, Lawrence P ^a   Lowe, Susan ^a   Fitzpatrick, Diane ^a   Harris, Meredith ^a   Plummer D'Amato, Prudence ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait disorders; nursing home; older person

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOBILIZATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TAI CHI; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 65449170142     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.02.008     Document Type: Review

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