Normative data and determinants for the Timed "Up and Go" test in a population-based sample of elderly individuals without gait disturbances

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-63

  Pondal, Margarita ^a   del Ser, Teodoro ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b Neuropharma SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gait assessment; Population sample; Screening; Up and go test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WEIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51049107222     PISSN: 15398412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00139143-200831020-00004     Document Type: Article

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