Persistent mobility deficit in the absence of deficits in activities of daily living: A risk factor for mortality

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1539-1543

  Khokhar, Shafiq R ^a   Stern, Yaakov ^a   Bell, Karen ^a   Anderson, Karen ^a   Noe, Enrique ^a   Mayeux, Richard ^a   Albert, Steven M ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Mobility; Mortality; Population based study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CLIMBING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 0035152110     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.4911251.x     Document Type: Article

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