Slow walking speed in elderly people

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7731, 2009, Pages 1153-

  Harwood, Rowan H ^a   Conroy, Simon P ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; VASCULAR DISEASES; WALKING;

EID: 71249133638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4236     Document Type: Editorial

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