JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 94-99 , February 2010

Contractures in Nursing Home Residents

  • Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN, GNP-BC

      Affiliations

    • Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, Gerontological Nursing Research Scientist, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1 Canada.
    • ,
  • Carolyn Clevenger, DNP, RN, GNP-BC

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.04.010

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Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 94-99 , February 2010

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