Testing interventions to preserve walking ability: Progress against disability, one step at a time

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 834-836

  Hadley, Evan C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; AGED; DISABLED PERSON; EXERCISE TEST; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROGNOSIS; WALKING;

EID: 34548706717     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.8.834     Document Type: Editorial

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