Measuring balance, lower extremity strength and gait in the elderly: Construct validation of an instrument

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-204

  Giné Garriga, Maria ^a,b   Guerra, Míriam ^a   Manini, Todd M ^c   Marí Dell'Olmo, Marc ^d   Pagès, Esther ^e   Unnithan, Viswanath B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait in aging; Geriatric assessment; Muscle strength; Posture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIMED GET UP AND GO TEST; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 77955274859     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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