Is walking speed a vital sign? Absolutely!

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-76

  Lusardi, Michelle M ^a  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health outcomes; older adults; self selected walking speed; vital sign

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FALL RISK; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALAISE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOCICEPTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRESSORECEPTOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; STROKE; TACHYCARDIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VITAL SIGN; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84860804472     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TGR.0b013e31824385a4     Document Type: Article

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