Functional living skills assessment: A standardized measure of high-order activities of daily living in patients with dementia

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Farina, E ^a   Fioravanti, R ^a   Pignatti, R ^a   Alberoni, M ^a   Mantovani, F ^a   Manzoni, G ^a   Chiavari, L ^a   Imbornone, E ^a   Villanelli, F ^a   Nemni, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Rehabilitation; Task performance and analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77952307618     PISSN: 19739087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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