Gait speed and survival in older adults

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-58

  Studenski, Stephanie ^a   Perera, Subashan ^a   Patel, Kushang ^e   Rosano, Caterina ^b   Faulkner, Kimberly ^d   Inzitari, Marco ^f   Brach, Jennifer ^c   Chandler, Julie ^g   Cawthon, Peggy ^h   Connor, Elizabeth Barrett ^j   Nevitt, Michael ⁱ   Visser, Marjolein ^k   Kritchevsky, Stephen ^l   Badinelli, Stefania ^m   Harris, Tamara ^e   Newman, Anne B ^b   Cauley, Jane ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^e   Guralnik, Jack ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Memphis   (United States)

^c School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^l WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78650878358     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1923     Document Type: Article

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