Stopping to rest during a 400-meter walk and incident mobility disability in older persons with functional limitations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Vestergaard, Sonja ^a   Patel, Kushang V ^a   Walkup, Michael P ^b   Pahor, Marco ^d   Marsh, Anthony P ^c   Espeland, Mark A ^b   Studenski, Stephanie ^e   Gill, Thomas M ^f   Church, Timothy ^g   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Mobility disability; Physical performance test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REST; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; REST; WALKING;

EID: 58849096294     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02097.x     Document Type: Article

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