Using a Body-Fixed Sensor to Identify Subclinical Gait Difficulties in Older Adults with IADL Disability: Maximizing the Output of the Timed Up and Go

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Weiss, Aner ^a   Mirelman, Anat ^a   Buchman, Aron S ^b   Bennett, David A ^b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BODY MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIMED UP AND GO;

EID: 84880837955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068885     Document Type: Article

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