Community Ambulation in Older Adults: Which Internal Characteristics Are Important?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-383

  Lord, Susan E ^a,b   Weatherall, Mark ^a   Rochester, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor analysis, statistical; Gait; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMMUNITY AMBULATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 77949290472     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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