The Pittsburgh fatigability scale for older adults: Development and validation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-135

  Glynn, Nancy W ^a   Santanasto, Adam J ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Boudreau, Robert M ^a   Beach, Scott R ^c   Schulz, Richard ^c,d   Newman, Anne B ^a  

^a Center for Aging and Population Health   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Fatigability; Fatigue; Mobility; Performance measures; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BALTIMORE LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGING; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PITTSBURGH FATIGABILITY SCALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL TEST; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VARIMAX ROTATION; VELOCITY; AGING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL EXERTION; WALKING;

EID: 84925248493     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13191     Document Type: Article

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