Using timed up-and-go to identify frail members of the older population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 441-446

  Savva, George M ^a   Donoghue, Orna A ^a   Horgan, Frances ^b   O'Regan, Claire ^a   Cronin, Hilary ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875125044     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls190     Document Type: Article

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