Exploring effective items of physical function in slow walking speed and self-reported mobility limitation in community-dwelling older adults

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-58

  Kim, Mi Ji ^a   Yabushita, Noriko ^b   Tanaka, Kiyoji ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Mobility limitation; Physical function; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84155186630     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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