Subsystems contributing to the decline in ability to walk: bridging the gap between epidemiology and geriatric practice in the InCHIANTI study.

L, Ferrucci; S, Bandinelli; E, Benvenuti; Iorio A, Di; C, Macchi; TB, Harris; JM, Guralnik

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03873.x

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Subsystems contributing to the decline in ability to walk: bridging the gap between epidemiology and geriatric practice in the InCHIANTI study.

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Ferrucci L

Bandinelli S

Benvenuti E

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>Older patients are often referred to geriatricians because of complaints of progressive difficulties in walking. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach to these patients is complex. Multiple physiologic subsystems may influence the ability to walk, and no standard criteria are cu...

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