Measuring walking speed: Clinical feasibility and reliability

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-96

  Fritz, Stacy L ^a   Peters, Denise M ^a   Greene, Jennifaye V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

feasibility; reliability; walking speed

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; DECELERATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STOPWATCH; TIME; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84860798286     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TGR.0b013e31823d9c22     Document Type: Review

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