Physiological and psychological predictors of walking speed in older community-dwelling people

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 390-395

  Tiedemann, Anne ^a   Sherrington, Catherine ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lower limb strength; Reaction time; Six metre walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STRENGTH; VISION; WALKING SPEED;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 27944455987     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088703     Document Type: Article

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