Mobility performance: A high-tech test for geriatricians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 712-714

  Morley, John E ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 0042521227     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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