A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.

Guralnik, J.; Simonsick, E.; Ferrucci, L.; Glynn, R.; Berkman, L.; Blazer, D.; Scherr, P.; B. Wallace, R.

doi:10.1093/GERONJ/49.2.M85

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A Short Physical Performance Battery Assessing Lower Extremity Function: Association With Self-Reported Disability and Prediction of Mortality and Nursing Home Admission

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Authors:

Jack M. Guralnik

E. M. Simonsick

Luigi Ferrucci

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A short battery of physical performance tests was used to assess lower extremity function in more than 5,000 persons age 71 years and older in three communities. METHODS: Balance, gait, strength, and endurance were evaluated by examining ability to stand with the feet together in the sid...

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Timed Up and Go test

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