Does walking speed predict postoperative morbidity?

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-64

  Townsend, Nicole T ^a   Robinson, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty; Gait speed; Geriatric surgery; Preoperative risk assessment; Timed up and go

Indexed keywords

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84906329901     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2014.05.013     Document Type: Review

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