Are performance-based measures sufficiently reliable for use in multicenter trials?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Jette, Alan M ^a,b   Jette, Diane U ^b   Ng, Jennifer ^c   Plotkin, Diane J ^c   Bach, Mark A ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0032934714     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.1.M3     Document Type: Article

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