Mobility decline in old age

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-25

  Rantakokko, Merja ^a   Mänty, Minna ^b   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aging; falls; muscle strength; person environment interaction; physical activity counseling; prevention; walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC PAIN; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC PAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84872084458     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3182556f1e     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Baltes PB, Baltes MM. Psychological perspectives on successful aging: The model of selective optimization with compensation. In: Baltes PB, Baltes MM, editors. Successful Aging: Perspectives From the Behavioral Sciences, New York: Cambridge University Press; 1990.
2. Ferrucci L, Guralnik JM, Studenski S, et al. Designing randomized, controlled trials aimed at preventing or delaying functional decline and disability in frail, older persons: A consensus report. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2004;52(4):625-34. (Pubitemid 38480644)
3. Fried LP, Bandeen-Roche K, Chaves PH, Johnson BA. Preclinical mobility disability predicts incident mobility disability in older women. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2000;55(1):M43-52. (Pubitemid 30140742)
4. Fried LP, Young Y, Rubin G, Bandeen-Roche K. WHAS II Collaborative Research Group. Self-reported preclinical disability identifies older women with early declines in performance and early disease. J. Clin. Epidemiol 2001;54(9):889-901. (Pubitemid 32755781)
5. Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L, Balfour JL, Volpato S, Di Iorio A. Progressive versus catastrophic loss of the ability to walk: implications for the prevention of mobility loss. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2001;49(11):1463-70. (Pubitemid 33051396)
6. Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L, Simonsick EM, Salive ME, Wallace RB. Lowerextremity function in persons over the age of 70 years as a predictor of subsequent disability. N. Engl. J. Med. 1995;332(9):556-61.
7. Karttunen N, Lihavainen K, Sipila S, Rantanen T, Sulkava R, Hartikainen S. Musculoskeletal pain and use of analgesics in relation to mobility limitation among community-dwelling persons aged 75 years and older. Eur. J. Pain. 2012;16(1):140-9.
8. Kulmala J, Viljanen A, Sipila S, et al. Poor vision accompanied with other sensory impairments as a predictor of falls in older women. Age Ageing. 2009;38(2):162-7.
9. Lawton MP, Nahemow L. Ecology and aging process. In: Eisdorfer C, Lawton MP, editors. The Psychology of Adult Development and Aging, Washington: American Psychological Association; 1973. p. 619-74.
10. Leinonen R, Heikkinen E, Hirvensalo M, et al. Customer-oriented counseling for physical activity in older people: Study protocol and selected baseline results of a randomized-controlled trial (ISRCTN 07330512). Scand. J. Med. Sci. Sports. 2007;17(2):156-64.
11. Leveille SG, Bean J, Ngo L, McMullen W, Guralnik JM. The pathway from musculoskeletal pain to mobility difficulty in older disabled women. Pain. 2007;128(1-2):69-77. (Pubitemid 46216600)
12. Lihavainen K, Sipilä S, Rantanen T, Sihvonen S, Sulkava R, Hartikainen S. Contribution of musculoskeletal pain to postural balance in communitydwelling people aged 75 years and older. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2010;65(9):990-6.
13. Mänty M, Heinonen A, Leinonen R, et al. Long-term effect of physical activity counseling on mobility limitation among older people: A randomized controlled study. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2009;64(1):83-9.
14. Mänty M, Heinonen A, Leinonen R, et al. Construct and predictive validity of a self-reported measure of preclinical mobility limitation. Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 2007;88(9):1108-13. (Pubitemid 47362031)
15. Mänty M, Heinonen A, Viljanen A, et al. Self-reported preclinical mobility limitation and fall history as predictors of future falls in older women: Prospective cohort study. Osteoporos. Int. 2010;21(4):689-93.
16. Mänty M, Heinonen A, Viljanen A, et al. Outdoor and indoor falls as predictors of mobility limitation in older women. Age Ageing. 2009;38(6):757-61.
17. Nagi SZ. An epidemiology of disability among adults in the United States. Milbank Mem. Fund. Q. Health Soc. 1976;54(4):439-67.
18. Onder G, Penninx BW, Ferrucci L, Fried LP, Guralnik JM, Pahor M. Measures of physical performance and risk for progressive and catastrophic disability: Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2005;60(1):74-9. (Pubitemid 40326255)
19. Ortega-Alonso A, Sipila S, Kujala UM, Kaprio J, Rantanen T. Genetic influences on adult body mass index followed over 29 years and their effects on late-life mobility: A study of twin sisters. J. Epidemiol. Commun. Health. 2009;63(8):651-8.
20. Ortega-Alonso A, Sipila S, Kujala UM, Kaprio J, Rantanen T. Body fat and mobility are explained by common genetic and environmental influences in older women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008;16(7):1616-21. (Pubitemid 351915106)
21. Peel NM. Epidemiology of falls in older age. Can. J. Aging 2011;1-13.
22. Portegijs E, Sipila S, Rantanen T, Lamb SE. Leg extension power deficit and mobility limitation in women recovering from hip fracture. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 2008;87(5):363-70. (Pubitemid 351571130)
23. Rantakokko M. Outdoor environment, mobility decline and quality of life among older people. Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health 168. University of Jyväskylä, 2011.
24. Rantakokko M, Iwarsson S, Mänty M, Leinonen R, Rantanen T. Perceived barriers in the outdoor environment and development of walking difficulties in older people. Age Ageing. 2012;41(1):118-21.
25. Rantakokko M, Mänty M, Iwarsson S, et al. Fear of moving outdoors and development of outdoor walking difficulty in older people. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2009;57(4):634-40.
26. Rantanen T, Era P, Heikkinen E. Maximal isometric strength and mobility among 75-year-old men and women. Age Ageing. 1994;23(2):132-7. (Pubitemid 24091552)
27. Rantanen T, Avela J. Leg extension power and walking speed in very old people living independently. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 1997;52(4):M225-31. (Pubitemid 27347156)
28. Rantanen T, Era P, Heikkinen E. Maximal isometric knee extension strength and stair-mounting ability in 75-and 80-year-old men and women. Scand. J. Rehab. Med. 1996;28(2):89-93. (Pubitemid 26194382)
29. Rantanen T, Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L, Leveille S, Fried LP. Coimpairments: Strength and balance as predictors of severe walking disability. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 1999;54(4):M172-6. (Pubitemid 29183862)
30. Rantanen T, Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L, et al. Coimpairments as predictors of severe walking disability in older women. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2001;49(1):21-7. (Pubitemid 32195131)
31. Rantanen T, Guralnik JM, Foley D, et al. Midlife handgrip strength as a predictor of old age disability. JAMA. 1999;281(6):558-60. (Pubitemid 29081310)
32. Sallinen J, Stenholm S, Rantanen T, Heliovaara M, Sainio P, Koskinen S. Hand-grip strength cut points to screen older persons at risk for mobility limitation. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2010;58(9):1721-6.
33. Salpakoski A, Portegijs E, Kallinen M, et al. Physical inactivity and pain in older men and women with hip fracture history. Gerontology. 2011;57(1):19-27.
34. Stenholm S, Rantanen T, Heliovaara M, Koskinen S. The mediating role of C-reactive protein and handgrip strength between obesity and walking limitation. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2008;56(3):462-9. (Pubitemid 351327919)
35. Stenholm S, Sainio P, Rantanen T, et al. High body mass index and physical impairments as predictors of walking limitation 22 years later in adult Finns. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2007;62(8):859-65. (Pubitemid 350131670)
36. Verbrugge LM, Jette AM. The disablement process. Soc. Sci. Med. 1994;38(1):1-14.
37. Viljanen A, Kaprio J, Pyykko I, Sorri M, Koskenvuo M, Rantanen T. Hearing acuity as a predictor of walking difficulties in older women. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2009;57(12):2282-6.