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Estimating cardiorespiratory fitness in well-functioning older adults: treadmill validation of the long distance corridor walk

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A study determining the criterion validity of the 400-m walk component of the Long Distance Corridor Walk (LDCW) and thereby developing equations for estimating peak oxygen consumption (VO2) and systolic blood pressure in older people, is presented.

Author: Fleg, Jerome L., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Fan, Ellen
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
Examinations, Test validity, Walking

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The influence of anxiety on the progression of disability

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A study on the effects of anxiety on the work functioning and progression of disability in elderly persons is presented. It is observed that anxiety does worsen the disabilities to function.

Author: Penninx, Brenda W.J.H., Fried, Linda P., Brenes, Gretchen A., Williamson, Jeff D., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Guralnik, Jack M., Simpson, Crystal
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
Aged, Elderly, Analysis, Development and progression, Diseases, Anxiety, Disability, Disabilities

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Older is colder: temperature range and variation in older people

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A study assessing temperature ranges and variations among older patients, is presented.

Author: Auerbach, Charles, Gomolin, Irving H., Aung, Myo M., Wolf-Klein, Gisele
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
Body temperature, Body temperature changes

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Subjects list: Research, United States, Physiological aspects, Aged patients, Elderly patients
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