Use of physical therapy services among middle-aged and older adults with multiple sclerosis

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1607-1618

  Finlayson, Marcia ^a   Plow, Matthew ^a,b   Cho, Chi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952050691     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100072     Document Type: Article

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