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Older Adults’ Adoption of Mobility Devices: Interplay of Predisposing Factors and Precipitating Health Events

Existing mobility limitations and chronic conditions increase likelihood of adopting mobility-related devices such as canes and walkers. Prior research has not considered how recent acute events such as falls and hospitalizations contribute to the adoption of mobility devices. We studied 4,592 older...

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Autores principales: Sharmin, Farhanaz, Sands, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7743494/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1567