Timed "Up & Go" test: Reliability in older people dependent in activities of daily living - Focus on cognitive state

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 646-655

  Nordin, Ellinor ^a   Rosendahl, Erik ^a   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Frailty; Geriatric assessment; Mobility; Reliability; Timed "Up Go" test; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTION TEST; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33646443201     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/86.5.646     Document Type: Article

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