Reliability of 4-m and 6-m walking speed tests in elderly people with cognitive impairment

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Muñoz Mendoza, Carmen L ^a   Cabañero Martínez, M Jose ^a   Millán Calenti, Jose C ^b   Cabrero García, Julio ^a   López Sánchez, Rosalía ^b   Maseda Rodríguez, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Elderly people; Reliability; Walking speed test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79551591962     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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