Interrelationships among disablement concepts

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Jette, Alan M ^a   Assmann, Susan F ^b   Rooks, Dan ^c   Harris, Bette Ann ^d   Crawford, Sybil ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0032421037     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.5.M395     Document Type: Article

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