Detectable changes in physical performance measures in elderly African Americans

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 921-927

  Kline Mangione, K ^a   Craik, Rebecca L ^a   McCormick, Alyson A ^c   Blevins, Heather L ^c   White, Meaghan B ^c   Sullivan Marx, Eileen M ^b   Tomlinson, James D ^a  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 77953523398     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090363     Document Type: Article

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