Age-associated declines in complex walking task performance: The walking InCHIANTI Toolkit

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Shumway Cook, Anne ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Phillips, Caroline L ^b   Coppin, Antonia K ^b   Ciol, Marcia A ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Mobility; Performance based measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33846013922     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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