What instruments have been used to assess the mobility of community-dwelling older adults?

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-354

  Davenport, Sarah J ^a   Paynter, Sophie ^a   de Morton, Natalie A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

COMMUNITY DWELLING; MOBILITY; OLDER ADULTS; OUTCOME MEASURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958092604     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328813X13789827565589     Document Type: Review

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