Coimpairments: Strength and balance as predictors of severe walking disability

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Rantanen, Taina ^a,d   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Leveille, Suzanne ^a   Fried, Linda P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b Geriatric Department   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032963807     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.4.M172     Document Type: Article

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