Ageing and gait variability-a population-based study of older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-197

  Callisaya, Michele L ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Schmidt, Michael D ^b   McGinley, Jennifer L ^c   Srikanth, Velandai K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; Gait variability; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 77949397302     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp250     Document Type: Article

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