Validity of the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) for measuring the mobility of patients with hip fracture during rehabilitation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-333

  De Morton, Natalie A ^a   Harding, Katherine E ^b   Taylor, Nicholas F ^a,b   Harrison, Glenys ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EASTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hip fractures; Mobility limitation; Outcome assessment (health care)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872711564     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.705220     Document Type: Review

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