JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , May 2006

Predictive Role of Single Diseases and Their Combination on Recovery of Balance and Gait in Disabled Elderly Patients

  • Ignazio Di Fazio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit Richiedei Hospital, Palazzolo s/O, and Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ignazio Di Fazio, MD, Centro Medico Richiedei, Via Sgrazzutti 1, 25036 Palazzolo sull’Oglio (Brescia), Italy
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  • Simone Franzoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit Richiedei Hospital, Palazzolo s/O, and Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
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  • Giovanni B. Frisoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Neuroimaging, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio-FBF, Brescia, Italy
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  • Simonetta Gatti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit Richiedei Hospital, Palazzolo s/O, and Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
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  • Cristina Cornali, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit Richiedei Hospital, Palazzolo s/O, and Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
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  • Paolo M. Stofler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit Richiedei Hospital, Palazzolo s/O, and Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
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  • Marco Trabucchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit Richiedei Hospital, Palazzolo s/O, and Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy

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PII: S1525-8610(05)00681-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.12.008

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , May 2006

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