Conventional and robust quantitative gait norms in community-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1512-1518

  Oh Park, Mooyeon ^a   Holtzer, Roee ^a,b   Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; gait; reference values

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77955249357     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02962.x     Document Type: Article

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