Mobility limitation in self-described well-functioning older adults: Importance of endurance walk testing

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 841-847

  Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a,b,g   Newman, Anne B ^c   Visser, Marjolein ^d   Goodpaster, Bret ^c   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^e   Rubin, Susan ^f   Nevitt, Michael C ^f   Harris, Tamara B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endurance; Limitation; Mobility; Performance; Testing; Walking

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 53349176766     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.8.841     Document Type: Article

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