Do canes or walkers make any difference? nonuse and fall injuries

Gerontologist

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 211-218

  Luz, Clare ^a   Bush, Tamara ^b   Shen, Xiaoxi ^c   Pruchno, Rachel ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acceptability; Accessibility; Assistive device use; Fall related injuries; Falls

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF HELP DEVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WALKER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WALKERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85032475520     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv096     Document Type: Article

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