Mobility stress test approach to predicting frailty, disability, and mortality in high-functioning older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1901-1905

  Verghese, Joe ^a   Holtzer, Roee ^a,b   Lipton, Richard B ^a   Wang, Cuiling ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; frailty; gait; mobility; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING SPEED; WALKING WHILE TALKING TEST; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 84867508249     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04145.x     Document Type: Article

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