Predicting changes in physical performance in a high-functioning elderly cohort: MacArthur studies of successful aging.

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Published in J Gerontol on May 01, 1994

Authors

T E Seeman1, P A Charpentier, L F Berkman, M E Tinetti, J M Guralnik, M Albert, D Blazer, J W Rowe

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Health, Yale University School of Medicine.

Associated clinical trials:

Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging | NCT00097643

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