Subsystems contributing to the decline in ability to walk: Bridging the gap between epidemiology and geriatric practice in the InCHIANTI study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1618-1625

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^a   Benvenuti, Enrico ^a   Di Iorio, Angelo ^b   Macchi, Claudio ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^d   Guralnik, Jack M ^d  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; disability; InCHIANTI; mobility; Physical performance; prevention; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 0034540947     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03873.x     Document Type: Article

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