Clinically meaningful change in stair negotiation performance in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 532-536

  Oh Park, Mooyeon ^a,c   Perera, Subashan ^b   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Meaningful change; Stair negotiation

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAIR NEGOTIATION; UNSTEADINESS; WEAKNESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864375375     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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