Functional recovery in the elderly after major surgery: Assessment of mobility recovery using wireless technology

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1057-1061

  Cook, David J ^a   Thompson, Jeffrey E ^a   Prinsen, Sharon K ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^a  

^a Information Technology   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA PROCESSING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULOPLASTY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

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ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84883234863     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.092     Document Type: Article

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