Evaluative Frailty Index for Physical Activity (EFIP): A reliable and valid instrument to measure changes in level of frailty

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 551-561

  de Vries, Nienke M ^a   Staal, J Bart ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Nijhuis van der Sanden, Maria W G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875762066     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120127     Document Type: Article

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