Can change in prolonged walking be inferred from a short test of gait speed among older adults who are initially well-functioning?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1285-1293

  White, Daniel K ^a   Neogi, Tuhina ^b   King, Wendy C ^c   Lavalley, Michael P ^a   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^d   Nevitt, Michael C ^e   Harris, Tamara B ^f   Ferrucci, Luigi ^f   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^g   Satterfield, Suzanne ^h   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^c   Zhang, Yuqing ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84906847530     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130628     Document Type: Article

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