Screening for poor performance of lower extremity in primary care: The Camucia project

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-336

  Cavazzini, Chiara ^a   Conti, Marco ^b   Bandinelli, Stefania ^a   Gangemi, Salvatore ^a   Gallinella, Marco ^b   Lauretani, Fulvio ^a   Lucci, Giada ^a   Windham, B Gwen ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,c  

^a Italian National Institute of Optics   (Italy)

^b Etruria Medical Cooperative   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lower extremity performance; Prevention of disability; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 8644236012     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324560     Document Type: Article

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