Relationships between changes in time spent walking since middle age and incident functional disability

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-72

  Chou, Wan Ting ^a   Tomata, Yasutake ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Sugawara, Yumi ^a   Kakizaki, Masako ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Disability; Longitudinal study; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENT FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WALKING; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABLED PERSON; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WALKING;

EID: 84892434844     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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