Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS)
The Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS) is a 20 point validated assessment tool for the assessment of frail elderly subjects (Smith 1994). EMS is an ordinal scale measurement. Appropriateness This test is appropriate for elderly patients in a hospital setting (Prosser and Canby 1997, Smith 1994)
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