Admission Norton scale scores (ANSS) correlate with rehabilitation outcome and length in elderly patients with deconditioning

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-384

  Guy, Noam ^a   Lerman, Yaffa ^b   Justo, Dan ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deconditioning; Norton scale; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADMISSION NORTON SCALE SCORE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECONDITIONING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857036654     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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