Does fall-related self-efficacy in hip-protector users affect quality of life and physical activity in nursing homes in Japan?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1810-1812

  Kato, Chikako ^a,b   Ida, Kunio ^b   Hoshiyama, Minoru ^a   Harada, Atsushi ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; HIP FRACTURE; HIP INJURY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77956300062     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03042.x     Document Type: Letter

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