Are Estimates of meaningful decline in mobility performance consistent among clinically important subgroups? (Health ABC study)

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1260-1268

  Perera, Subashan ^a   Studenski, Stephanie ^a   Newman, Anne ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor ^c   Harris, Tamara ^c   Schwartz, Ann ^d   Visser, Marjolein ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Epidemiology; Functional performance; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84922268996     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu033     Document Type: Article

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