Gait speed as a test for monitoring frailty in community-dwelling older people has the highest diagnostic value compared to step length and chair rise time

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 693-701

  Schoon, Y ^a   Bongers, K ^a   Van Kempen, J ^a   Melis, R ^a   Olde Rikkert, M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Gait; Mobility limitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CARE; WALKING;

EID: 84920536605     PISSN: 19739087     EISSN: 19739095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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