Life-space mobility in Mexican Americans aged 75 and older

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 532-537

  Snih, Soham Al ^a   Peek, Kristen M ^a,b   Sawyer, Patricia ^c   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,b   Allman, Richard M ^c,d   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

life space; Mexican American; mobility; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE SPACE ASSESSMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84858341880     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03822.x     Document Type: Article

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