Conclusion Age and disorder of oral function may be significant predictors of improved functional capacity after rehabilitation for elderly inpatients.
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Predictors of improved functional outcome in elderly inpatients after rehabilitation: a retrospective study.
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Furthermore, we demonstrated that the ability to close the lips and functional tongue movement were highly significant predictors of improved FIM score, whereas loss of teeth or presence of mobile teeth were not correlated with any improvement.