Measuring Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-374

  Watts, Amber S ^a   Vidoni, Eric D ^b   Loskutova, Natalia ^b   Johnson, David K ^a   Burns, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; measurement sensitivity; older adults; physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879165117     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2013.788116     Document Type: Article

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