Self-reported walking ability predicts functional mobility performance in frail older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1408-1413

  Alexander, Neil B ^a,b   Guire, Kenneth E ^c   Thelen, Darryl G ^d   Ashton Miller, James A ^d   Schultz, Albert B ^d   Grunawalt, Julie C ^b   Giordani, Bruno ^c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ADLs; Ambulation; Disability; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOBILIZATION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 0033777649     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02630.x     Document Type: Article

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