Measuring Life-Space Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1610-1614

  Baker, Patricia S ^a,b   Bodner, Eric V ^b   Allman, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Life space; Mobility; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SPACE MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT MOBILITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0242660099     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51512.x     Document Type: Article

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