Contractures in Nursing Home Residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-99

  Wagner, Laura M ^a   Clevenger, Carolyn ^b  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contractures; mobility; Nursing homes; restorative nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAST APPLICATION; CONTRACTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; ORTHOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLINT; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THERAPY EFFECT; WALKING;

EID: 75149184884     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.04.010     Document Type: Review

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