Physical Activity and Functional Status in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A 14-Year Prospective Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2565-2571

  Brach, Jennifer S ^a   FitzGerald, Shannon ^d,e   Newman, Anne B ^b,c   Kelsey, Sheryl ^b   Kuller, Lewis ^b   VanSwearingen, Jessie M ^a   Kriska, Andrea M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WALKING;

EID: 0344442751     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.21.2565     Document Type: Article

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