Falls among community-residing stroke survivors following inpatient rehabilitation: A descriptive analysis of longitudinal data

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wagner, Laura M ^a,b   Phillips, Victoria L ^c   Hunsaker, Amanda E ^d   Forducey, Pamela G ^e  

^a Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TELEPHONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449347996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-46     Document Type: Article

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