Effect of Medical Conditions on Improvement in Self-Reported and Observed Functional Performance of Elders

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-223

  Miller, Ram R ^a,d   Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a,b   Hayes, Margaret Kelly ^a   Leveille, Suzanne G ^c   Murabito, Joanne M ^a   Kiel, Douglas ^c   O'Connor, George T ^a   Felson, David T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Chronic disease; Recovery of function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; CALCULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINENCE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIP FRACTURE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242307255     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0002-8614.2004.52057.x     Document Type: Article

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