The dynamic nature of mobility disability in older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-254

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Allore, Heather G ^a   Hardy, Susan E ^b   Guo, Zhenchao ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Mobility disability

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WALKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645049096     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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