Assessing mobility in older adults: The UAB Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment

Physical Therapy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1008-1019

  Peel, Claire ^a,b,c   Baker, Patricia Sawyer ^d   Roth, David L ^c,e   Brown, Cynthia J ^d,e   Bodner, Eric V ^c   Allman, Richard M ^d  

^a School of Health Related Professions   (United States)

^b Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied; Geriatrics; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 25844514130     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.10.1008     Document Type: Article

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