Walking speed and stride length predicts 36 months dependency, mortality, and institutionalization in chinese aged 70 and older

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1257-1260

  Woo, Jeanne ^a,b   Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Yu, Ashley L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dependency; Institutionalization; Mortality; Stride; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 0032880117     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05209.x     Document Type: Article

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