Ambulatory activity of older adults hospitalized with acute medical illness

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-95

  Fisher, Steve R ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a,b   Protas, Elizabeth J ^a   Kuo, Yong Fan ^b   Graham, James E ^a   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a   Ostir, Glenn V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatrics; hospitalization; walking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 78651385228     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03202.x     Document Type: Article

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