Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 296-302 , May 2008

Predictors of Motor Tasks Essential for Daily Activities Among Persons With Heart Failure

  • Yaewon Seo, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yaewon Seo, PhD, RN, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Omaha, NE 68198-5330.
    • ,
  • Beverly L. Roberts, PhD, FAAN, FGSA

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    • ,
  • Ileana Piña, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 4 September 2007 ,Revised 7 January 2008 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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 The present study was partially funded by Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Mu Chapter and Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Alumni Association.

PII: S1071-9164(08)00023-7

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.01.005

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 296-302 , May 2008

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