Use of a cane for ambulation: Marker and mitigator of impairment in older people who report no difficulty walking

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 263-268

  Pine, Zachary M ^a,b   Gurland, Barry ^d   Chren, Mary Margaret ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cane; Disability evaluation; Geriatric assessment; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CARDIAC AGENT;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; SELF REPORT; WALKING AID;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; WALKING;

EID: 0036166307     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50057.x     Document Type: Article

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