Life-space mobility assessment in older people in Finland; Measurement properties in winter and spring

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Portegijs, Erja ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^b   Rantakokko, Merja ^a   Viljanen, Anne ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a University of Tampere   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Life space; Methods; Mobility; Psychometrics; Reliability; Scale; Season

Indexed keywords

AGED; FINLAND; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SEASON; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FINLAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 84902550653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-323     Document Type: Article

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