Characteristics of frail older adult drivers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1125-1129

  Carr, David B ^a,b   Flood, Kellie L ^a   Steger May, Karen ^b   Schechtman, Kenneth B ^b   Binder, Ellen F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving cessation; Frailty; Physical performance measures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE SCORE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SITTING; STRENGTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745627757     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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