Fatigue in a representative population of older persons and its association with functional impairment, functional limitation, and disability

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Vestergaard, Sonja ^a   Nayfield, Susan G ^a   Patel, Kushang V ^a   Eldadah, Basil ^a   Cesari, Matteo ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Ceresini, Graziano ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Fatigue; Physical function

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63149119895     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln017     Document Type: Article

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