The Oxymoron of Geriatric Rehabilitation

Authors

  • Rui Carvalho Santos Serviço de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25759/spmfr.368

Keywords:

Frailty, Geriatrics, Rehabilitation

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References

- Bean, Jonathan F., Ariela R. Orkaby, and Jane A. Driver. "Geriatric Rehabilitation Should Not Be an Oxymoron: A Path Forward." Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 2019; 100.5: 995-1000.

- Linda P. Fried, Catherine M. Tangen, Jeremy Walston, Anne B. Newman, Calvin Hirsch, John Gottdiener, et al. “Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype", The Journals of Gerontology. 2019; 56 (3), 146–157.

- Tinetti M, Huang A, Molnar F. The geriatrics 5M’s: a new way of communicating what we do. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017;65:2115.

- American Geriatrics Society 2015 Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel. American Geriatrics Society 2015 updated Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015; 63, 2227-2246.

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– webbsite: ordemdosmedicos.pt. Portugal: Ordem dos médicos; disponível em: https://ordemdosmedicos.pt/competencia-em-geriatria/

Published

2020-06-17

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Carvalho Santos R. The Oxymoron of Geriatric Rehabilitation. SPMFR [Internet]. 2020 Jun. 17 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];32(1):46-7. Available from: https://spmfrjournal.org/index.php/spmfr/article/view/368

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