Measuring functional status: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between performance and self-report (Zutphen Elderly Study 1990-1993)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1103-1110

  Hoeymans, Nancy ^a,b   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Disability; Functional status; Geriatrics; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SHOULDER; STANDING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0030273365     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00210-7     Document Type: Article

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