Neuromuscular Impairments Contributing to Persistently Poor and Declining Lower-Extremity Mobility Among Older Adults: New Findings Informing Geriatric Rehabilitation.

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Published in Arch Phys Med Rehabil on April 04, 2016

Authors

Rachel E Ward1, Marla K Beauchamp2, Nancy K Latham3, Suzanne G Leveille4, Sanja Percac-Lima5, Laura Kurlinski6, Pengsheng Ni3, Richard Goldstein6, Alan M Jette3, Jonathan F Bean7

Author Affiliations

1: New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Cambridge, MA. Electronic address: reward@partners.org.
2: School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
3: Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
4: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA.
5: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
6: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Cambridge, MA.
7: New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Cambridge, MA.

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