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The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI): An essential health index for an ageing world

BACKGROUND: Existing instruments for measuring mobility are inadequate for accurately assessing older people across the broad spectrum of abilities. Like other indices that monitor critical aspects of health such as blood pressure tests, a mobility test for all older acute medical patients provides...

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Autores principales: de Morton, Natalie A, Davidson, Megan, Keating, Jennifer L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18713451
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-6-63