Functional Fitness, Disease and Independence in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Western Wisconsin

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-48

  Collins, Karolyn ^a   Rooney, Brenda L ^a   Smalley, Kathy J ^a   Havens, Sarah ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TENDINITIS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 1442328792     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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