Experiences acquiring and using mobility aids among working-age persons with multiple sclerosis living in communities in the United States

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1010-1023

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a,b   Rao, Sowmya R ^a   Kinkel, R Philip ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobility aids; Multiple sclerosis; Walker; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957701142     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181f70292     Document Type: Article

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