Instrumental activities of daily living staging asa possible clinical tool for falls risk assessment in physical medicine and rehabilitation

PM and R

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 316-323

  Brown, Janice ^a   Kurichi, Jibby E ^b   Xie, Dawei ^b   Pan, Qiang ^b   Stineman, Margaret G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899100288     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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