Gait velocity and the Timed-Up-and-Go test were sensitive to changes in mobility in frail elderly patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-191

  van Iersel, Marianne B ^a   Munneke, Marten ^a   Esselink, Rianne A J ^a   Benraad, Carolien E M ^b   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Old Age Psychiatry Maria Mackenzie ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Frail elderly; Gait; Geriatric assessments; Mobility limitations; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 37549056229     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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