A structural equation model relating physical function, pain, impaired mobility (IM), and falls in older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-652

  Dai, Boyi ^a   Ware, William B ^b   Giuliani, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall; Mobility; Older adults; Physical function

Indexed keywords

360 DEGREES TURN; AGED; ARM CURL; ARTICLE; BACK SCRATCH; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHAIR STAND; ENDURANCE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GOODNESS OF FIT INDEX; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE LEG STANCE; SIT AND REACH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL; TANDEM STANCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 84865626622     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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