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Assessing mobility in elderly people. A review of performance-based measures of balance, gait and mobility for bedside use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Chris MacKnight  and
Kenneth Rockwood
Chris MacKnight
Affiliation:
Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kenneth Rockwood*
Affiliation:
Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
Kenneth Rockwood, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Camp Hill Hospital, 1763 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaB3H 3G2.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 464 - 486
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