Development of a screening tool for risk of locomotive syndrome in the elderly: The 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-172

  Seichi, Atsushi ^a   Hoshino, Yuichi ^a   Doi, Tokuhide ^b   Akai, Masami ^c   Tobimatsu, Yoshiko ^c   Iwaya, Tsutomu ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Clinic   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE 5 DIMENSION; GERIATRIC LOCOMOTIVE FUNCTION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOCOMOTIVE SYNDROME; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 84863983303     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-011-0193-5     Document Type: Article

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