Objective assessment of walking in housebound elderly who are able to go out alone

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-175

  Watanabe, Misuzu ^a   Tanimoto, Yoshimi ^a   Kono, Rei ^a   Hirota, Chika ^a   Takasaki, Kyousuke ^a   Sugiura, Yumiko ^a   Kono, Koichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Housebound; Obstacle negotiating gait; Walking measurements

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79960670130     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.48.170     Document Type: Article

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