Physical performance and subsequent disability and survival in older adults with malignancy: Results from the health, aging and body composition study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Klepin, Heidi D ^a   Geiger, Ann M ^a   Tooze, Janet A ^a   Newman, Anne B ^a   Colbert, Lisa H ^b   Bauer, Douglas C ^c   Satterfield, Suzanne ^d   Pavon, Juliessa ^e   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disability; Elderly; Physical performance; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROSTATE CANCER; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 73949113190     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02620.x     Document Type: Article

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