Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1217-1220 , September 2007

Compensatory Strategies Used by Older Adults Facing Mobility Disability

  • Carlos O. Weiss, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Carlos O. Weiss, MD, MHS, Div of Geriatric Medicine, Mason F. Lord, West Tower, # 711, Baltimore, MD 21224-2734. Reprints are not available from the authors.
    • ,
  • Helen M. Hoenig, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC.
    • ,
  • Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

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 See original article, p 1108.

 Supported in part by the National Institutes of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, RERC on Wheeled Mobility (grant no. H133E030035-04).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01261-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.007

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1217-1220 , September 2007

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