Lower extremity performance in nondisabled older persons as a predictor of subsequent hospitalization.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on November 01, 2000

Authors

B W Penninx1, L Ferrucci, S G Leveille, T Rantanen, M Pahor, J M Guralnik

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. bpenninx@wfubmc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Exercise Trial for Alzheimer's Disease (EXTRA) | NCT01311492

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