Long-term exercise therapy resolves ethnic differences in baseline health status in older adults with knee Osteoarthritis
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Fitness Arthritis in Seniors Trail (FAST) and Arthritis, Diet, and Activity Promotional Trial (ADAPT) methods adopted to study the effect of exercise therapy on Knee osteoarthritis (KA) problem in old aged people are discussed. Results of the study conducted on African-American and Caucasian-American adults with Knee OA reveals that exercise therapy can be used effectively resolve the Knee osteoarthritis problems.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Reliability of the 400-M usual-pace walk test as an assessment of mobility limitation in older adults
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The test-retest reliability of the 400-m usual-pace walk test (400-MWT) is examined and the ability of the 4-m walk test to predict inability to walk 400 m is determined. High test-retest reliability was determined for inability to complete the 400-MWT and the 4-m walking speed was found to be useful for predicting the ability to perform the 400-MWT.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic heart failure in older people
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The results of clinical investigations for identifying whether total and abdominal adiposity are risk factors for development of chronic heart failures in elderly people are presented. The study was carried out in Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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