Experiences among older persons using mobility devices

E Hedberg-Kristensson, SD Ivanoff… - Disability and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
… on older persons' experiences of assistive devices, to … mobility devices. Thus, the aim of this
study was to increase the knowledge of older persons' experiences of using mobility devices. …

Mobility challenges among older adult mobility device users

OA Atoyebi, D Labbé, M Prescott, A Mahmood… - Current Geriatrics …, 2019 - Springer
devices (eg, canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, scooters)… 65 years and older in the USA
used a mobility device (5.8 … to mobility experienced by older adult mobility device users. The …

Mobility device use in older adults and incidence of falls and worry about falling: Findings from the 2011–2012 national health and aging trends study

NM Gell, RB Wallace, AZ LaCroix… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… to assess whether and how mobility device use has changed in older adults in the past … of
mobility device use in a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling older adults in …

Use of mobility devices and changes over 12 months among very old people in five European countries

C Löfqvist, C Nygren, Å Brandt, F Oswald… - Aging clinical and …, 2007 - Springer
older people, the use of mobility devices (MDs) such as walking sticks, rollators and wheelchairs,
often play an important role. Such devices … research with older persons: lessons from …

The use of mobility devices among institutionalized older adults

P Clarke, P Chan, PL Santaguida… - Journal of Aging and …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
… use of a range of mobility devices among older adults in long-term care institutions. Although
the data are based on a select subsample of older persons who recently transferred from …

Mobility limitation in the older patient: a clinical review

CJ Brown, KL Flood - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Mobility devices can be helpful for the older adult with … proper techniques because use of
mobility devices is not without … using their mobility devices because such devices are perceived …

Mobility assistive device use in older adults

M Sehgal, J Jacobs, WS Biggs - American family physician, 2021 - aafp.org
devices such as canes, crutches, walkers, and wheelchairs can help to alleviate the effects of
mobility … % of adults 65 years and older reported using assistive devices within the previous …

Life-space mobility of middle-aged and older adults at various stages of usage of power mobility devices

C Auger, L Demers, I Gélinas, WC Miller… - Archives of physical …, 2010 - Elsevier
… powered mobility devices. For some older adults, PMDs, which include power wheelchairs
and, more recently, scooters, represent the only alternative to independent mobility because …

Assistive device usage in elderly people and evaluation of mobility level

TT Simsek, ET Yümin, M Sertel, A Öztürk… - Topics in Geriatric …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
… The inclusion criterion was age 65 years or older; all participants were … of mobility device
usage in everyday life, as assessed by the Rivermead Mobility Index and the Physical Mobility

Demographic profile of older adults using wheeled mobility devices

AM Karmarkar, BE Dicianno, R Cooper… - Journal of aging …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… an older person and an inappropriately prescribed or used WhMD. In the future, analyses
of additional demographic environmental, and technological factors and their potential for …