Gait velocity in senior people. An easy test for detecting mobility impairment in community elderly

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 340-343

  Montero Odasso, Manuel ^a   Schapira, M ^a   Varela, C ^a   Pitteri, C ^a   Soriano, E R ^a   Kaplan, R ^b   Camera, L A ^a   Mayorga, L M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b ACH ^*

Author keywords

Community elderly; Gait velocity; Mobility impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4644320509     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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