Assessing the building blocks of function: Utilizing measures of functional limitation

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 112-121

  Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLIMBING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 2142718256     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00174-0     Document Type: Article

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