Lower extremity performance in nondisabled older persons as a predictor of subsequent hospitalization

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages M691-M697

  Penninx, Brenda W ^a,b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,c   Leveille, Suzanne G ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^d   Pahor, Marco ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034541601     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.11.M691     Document Type: Article

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