Racial differences in gait velocity in an urban elderly cohort

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 922-926

  Blanco, Irene ^a   Verghese, Joe ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^a   Putterman, Chaim ^a   Derby, Carol A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; gait velocity; health disparities; physical function

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING SPEED;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862096841     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03927.x     Document Type: Article

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