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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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.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Gerontol

Title: Journal of gerontology

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN: 0022-1422

ISSN (Print): 0022-1422

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 1994

Volume: 49

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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DOI: 10.1093/geronj/49.2.m85

PubMed ID: 8126356

SO-VID: a51f31bc-6b77-45f7-9835-e8252618b855

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