Sense and simplicity: Maximum step length is also reliable, feasible, and valid in very old adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2444-2445

  Schoon, Yvonne ^a   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a   Stunnenberg, Anneke ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MAXIMUM STEP LENGTH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 78650115448     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03193.x     Document Type: Letter

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