Effect of age and severity of disability on short-term variation in walking speed: The women's health and aging study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1089-1096

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,b   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Salive, Marcel E ^b   Fried, Linda P ^c   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^d   Brock, Dwight B ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Corti, M C ^b   Zeger, Scott L ^d  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autocorrelation; Disability; Performance; Physical function; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENESCENCE; TIME; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0030273664     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00231-4     Document Type: Article

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