Identifying mobility heterogeneity in very frail older adults. Are frail people all the same?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-277

  Montero Odasso, Manuel ^a,c,e   Bergman, Howard ^b,c   Béland, François ^c,d   Sourial, Nadia ^c   Fletcher, John D ^c   Dallaire, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Disability of aged; Institutionalization of disabled elderly; Mobility profile of elderly; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ODDS RATIO; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649987649     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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