title: Geriatric rehabilitation. 4. Assessment, preservation, and enhancement of fitness and function.
abstract: This self-directed learning module highlights the assessment, preservation, and enhancement of fitness and function in the older adult. It is part of the chapter on geriatric rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Medical Knowledge Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This article contains information on functional assessment, deconditioning, exercise testing and physiology, gait disorders and falls, sports injuries, and industrial injuries in the older adult.
authors: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72118.
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Means
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Currie
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Gershkoff
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005684:Gait; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D010809:Physical Fitness; D010810:Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine / Q000193:education; D012046:Rehabilitation; D013177:Sports