Self-Reported Difficulty in Climbing Up or Down Stairs in Nondisabled Elderly

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-104

  Verghese, Joe ^a   Wang, Cuiling ^a   Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Holtzer, Roee ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLIMBING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37349011534     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.08.129     Document Type: Article

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