Gait shows a sex-specific pattern of associations with daily functioning in a community-dwelling population of older people

Gait and Posture

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-124

  Verlinden, Vincentius J A ^a   Van der Geest, Jos N ^a   Heeringa, Jan ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Ikram, M Arfan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Gait; Sex; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANFORD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING SPEED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84925194029     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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