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- Title
Lower extremity function and subsequent disability: consistency across studies, predictive models, and value of gait speed alone compared with the short physical performance battery.
- Authors
Guralnik, J M; Ferrucci, L; Pieper, C F; Leveille, S G; Markides, K S; Ostir, G V; Studenski, S; Berkman, L F; Wallace, R B
- Abstract
Although it has been demonstrated that physical performance measures predict incident disability in previously nondisabled older persons, the available data have not been fully developed to create usable methods for determining risk profiles in community-dwelling populations. Using several populations and different follow-up periods, this study replicates previous findings by using the Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (EPESE) performance battery and provides equations for the prediction of disability risk according to age, sex, and level of performance.
- Publication
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2000, Vol 55, Issue 4, pM221
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/55.4.m221