Assessing fatigability in mobility-intact older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 347-351

  Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Schrack, Jennifer A ^b   Glynn, Nancy W ^c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

fatigability; fatigue; mobility; performance measures; validation

Indexed keywords

FATIGABILITY; FATIGUE; MOBILITY; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; VALIDATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 84894080495     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12638     Document Type: Article

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