Five-repetition sit-to-stand test: Usefulness for older patients in a home-care setting

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 803-806

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051660718     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/15.26.PMS.112.3.803-806     Document Type: Article

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