Characteristics of nondisabled older persons who perform poorly in objective tests of lower extremity function

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1102-1110

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b,c   Leveille, Suzanne G ^b   Corti, Maria Chiara ^b,d   Pahor, Marco ^e   Wallace, Robert ^f   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Havlik, Richard J ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^b  

^a National Research Institute   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Ospedale di Camposampiero   (Italy)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Lower extremity; Physical performance; Prevention of disability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

EID: 0033850684     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04787.x     Document Type: Article

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