Challenging gait conditions predict 1-year decline in gait speed in older adults with apparently normal gait

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1857-1864

  Brach, Jennifer S ^a   Perera, Subashan ^b   Vanswearingen, Jessie M ^a   Hile, Elizabeth S ^a   Wert, David M ^a   Studenski, Stephanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 82955213567     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100387     Document Type: Article

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