Cognitive function, gait speed decline, and comorbidities: The health, aging and body composition study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 844-850

  Atkinson, Hal H ^a   Rosano, Caterina ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Williamson, Jeff D ^a   Davis, Cralen ^a   Ambrosius, Walter T ^a   Rapp, Stephen R ^a   Cesari, Matteo ^d   Newman, Anne B ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Rubin, Susan M ^e   Yaffe, Kristine ^f   Satterfield, Suzanne ^g   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING;

AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 34548768923     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.8.844     Document Type: Article

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