Lower extremity function and subsequent disability: Consistency across studies, predictive models, and value of gait speed alone compared with the short physical performance battery

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,b   Pieper, Carl F ^c   Leveille, Suzanne G ^a   Markides, Kyriakos S ^d   Ostir, Glenn V ^d   Studenski, Stephanie ^e   Berkman, Lisa F ^f   Wallace, Robert B ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Sealy Center on Aging   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0034098121     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.4.M221     Document Type: Article

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