Why do older adults decide they are having difficulty with a task?

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Gregory, Patricia C ^a   Fried, Linda P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional limitation; Risk factors; Self reported disability; Task modification

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WALKING AIDS;

MOBILITY TASKS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CARE;

EID: 0037222913     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200301000-00002     Document Type: Article

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