Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Impaired Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 929-933

  Donoghue, Orna A ^a   Jansen, Sofie ^a   Dooley, Cara ^a   De Rooij, Sophia ^b   Van Der Velde, Nathalie ^b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Gait speed; Irregular heart rhythm; Physical function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; IRELAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84912575292     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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