Evaluation of two fatigability severity measures in elderly adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1527-1533

  Schnelle, John F ^a,b   Buchowski, MacIej S ^a   Ikizler, Talat A ^a   Durkin, Daniel W ^a   Beuscher, Linda ^a   Simmons, Sandra F ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; fatigability; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WALKING SPEED; WALKING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865147343     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04062.x     Document Type: Article

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