Trajectories of Gait Speed Predict Mortality in Well-Functioning Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

BACKGROUND. Although gait speed slows with age, the rate of slowing varies greatly. To date, little is known about the trajectories of gait speed, their correlates, and their risk for mortality in older adults. METHODS. Gait speed during a 20-m walk was measured for a period of 8 years in initially...

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Hauptverfasser: White, Daniel K., Neogi, Tuhina, Nevitt, Michael C., Peloquin, Christine E., Zhu, Yanyan, Boudreau, Robert M., Cauley, Jane A., Ferrucci, Luigi, Harris, Tamara B., Satterfield, Susan M., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Strotmeyer, Elsa S., Zhang, Yuqing
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593620/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23051974
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls197
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