Reference values for the Timed Up and Go test in healthy Japanese elderly people: Determination using the methodology of meta-analysis

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-451

  Kamide, Naoto ^a   Takahashi, Kayoko ^a,b   Shiba, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Ethnicity; Meta analysis; Reference values; Timed Up and Go test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 80053236907     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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