TY  - CHAP
AU  - Hui-Ya Chen
AU  - Chih-Jung Yeh
AU  - Ching-Yi Wang
AU  - Hui-Shen Lin
AU  - Meng-Chih Lee
ED  - Chong-Tae Kim
Y1  - 2012-07-19
PY  - 2012
T1  - The hierarchical status of mobility disability predicts future IADL disability: A longitudinal study on aging
N2  - Rehabilitation medicine is a medical specialty with a focus on functional improvement and quality of life. Professionals working in rehabilitation medicine care about not only medical but also functional problems. There have been significant changes in rehabilitation medicine with development of basic science and computer technology in the last several decades. Collaboration with other areas of science and engineering has contributed to improvements in rehabilitation outcomes. Also, changes in the  medical delivery system has resulted in increasing necessity of rehabilitation. Like most articles published by InTech, those in this text are intended to review current practical guidelines and to introduce updated knowledge and skills. I hope that the readers will appreciate the useful information provided within this text.
BT  - Rehabilitation Medicine
SP  - Ch. 6
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/37462
DO  - 10.5772/37462
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-26
ER  -