Evaluating task modification as an objective measure of functional limitation: Repeatability and comparability

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 718-725

  Manini, Todd M ^a,d   Cook, Summer B ^a   VanArnam, Tom ^a   Marko, Moshe ^a,b   Ploutz Snyder, Lori ^a,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 33746632507     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.7.718     Document Type: Article

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