Identifying Mobility Types in Cognitively Heterogeneous Older Adults Based on GPS-Tracking: What Discriminates Best?

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1001-1027

  Wettstein, Markus ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Shoval, Noam ^b   Auslander, Gail ^b   Oswald, Frank ^c   Heinik, Jeremia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

dementia; GPS technology; mild cognitive impairment; mobility; old age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PAIN; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84945587055     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464813512897     Document Type: Article

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