Manual wheelchair-related mobility characteristics of older adults in nursing homes

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-437

  Karmarkar, Amol M ^a   Collins, Diane M ^b   Kelleher, Annmarie ^b,c   Ding, Dan ^b,c   Oyster, Michelle ^b,d   Cooper, Rory A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mobility; nursing homes; Older adults; wheelchair

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHEELCHAIR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 77957806545     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2010.481346     Document Type: Article

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