Walking speed in elderly outpatients depends on the assessment method

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Pasma, Jantsje H ^a   Stijntjes, Marjon ^a,b,c   Ou, Shan Shan ^b   Blauw, Gerard J ^a,d   Meskers, Carel G M ^b   Maier, Andrea B ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing   (Netherlands)

^d Bronovo ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary disease; Cognitive performance; Elderly outpatients; Geriatric assessment; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

10 MINUTE WALKING TEST; 4 MINUTE WALKING TEST; 6 MINUTE WALKING TEST; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING SPEED; ACCELERATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84919799172     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9736-y     Document Type: Article

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