Fatigue in the elderly population

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-108

  Poluri, Ashok ^a   Mores, John ^a   Cook, Dane B ^a,b   Findley, Thomas W ^a,c,d,g   Cristian, Adrian ^e,f  

^a War Related Illness/Inj Stud Ctr   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Department of Veteran Affairs   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FATIGUE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT; FATIGUE SYMPTOM INVENTORY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MODIFIED PIPER FATIGUE SCALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 9244228523     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2004.06.006     Document Type: Review

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