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- Title
Gait speed and survival in older adults.
- Authors
Studenski, Stephanie; Perera, Subashan; Patel, Kushang; Rosano, Caterina; Faulkner, Kimberly; Inzitari, Marco; Brach, Jennifer; Chandler, Julie; Cawthon, Peggy; Connor, Elizabeth Barrett; Nevitt, Michael; Visser, Marjolein; Kritchevsky, Stephen; Badinelli, Stefania; Harris, Tamara; Newman, Anne B; Cauley, Jane; Ferrucci, Luigi; Guralnik, Jack
- Abstract
Survival estimates help individualize goals of care for geriatric patients, but life tables fail to account for the great variability in survival. Physical performance measures, such as gait speed, might help account for variability, allowing clinicians to make more individualized estimates.
- Publication
JAMA, 2011, Vol 305, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2010.1923