Use of self-report to predict ability to walk 400 meters in mobility-limited older adults
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An attempt is made to demonstrate accurate assessment of mobility disability could be obtained through a three-item self-report. It aims to determine whether the ability to walk 400 m could be predicted from self-reported walking habits and abilities in older adults and to develop an accurate self-report measure appropriate for observational trials of mobility when functional measures are impractical to collect.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Recent changes in the health status of the older U. S. population: findings from the 1984 and 1994 supplement on aging
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This article examines data from a national survey to investigate health status changes among older Americans between 1984 and 1994. Findings indicate a reduction in hospital visits, bed-limitation days, disabilities related to instrumental daily activities and physical limitations while participation in exercise and social activity increased among older populations.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
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Incidence of loss of ability to walk 400 meters in a functionally limited older population
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A study to assess the incidence of and factors related to nondisabled but functionally limited older adults aged 75 to 85 years losing the ability to walk 400m is presented. The 400-m walk test is highly relevant, discrete outcome that is an ideal target for testing preventive interventions in vulnerable older population.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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