Does functional change predict the course of improvement in geriatric inpatient rehabilitation?

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-470

  Denkinger, Michael D ^a   Igl, Wilmar ^b   Jamour, Michael ^c   Bader, Anne ^a   Bailer, Stefanie ^a   Lukas, Albert ^a   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Krankenhaus GmbH Alb Donau Kreis   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 77951968623     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215509353269     Document Type: Article

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