Aging with a disability: Physical impairment, pain, and fatigue

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-337

  Widerström Noga, Eva ^a,b   Finlayson, Marcia L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Fatigue; Pain; Physical impairment

Indexed keywords

AGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FATIGUE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 77952980563     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2009.12.010     Document Type: Review

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