Is timed up and go better than gait speed in predicting health, function, and falls in older adults?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 887-892

  Viccaro, Laura J ^a   Perera, Subashan ^a   Studenski, Stephanie A ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; gait speed; hospitalization; physical performance; timed up and go

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT SPEED; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SHORT FORM 36; TIMED UP AND GO;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955987476     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03336.x     Document Type: Article

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