Compared with maximal exercise testing, submaximal exercise testing appears to have
greater applicability to physical therapists in their role as clinical exercise specialists. This …

Assessments of gait, balance, and transfer in elderly people play a valuable role in
maintaining healthy aging and preventing a decline in mobility. Several evaluation tools …

Background Functional assessment is an important part of the evaluation of elderly persons.
We conducted this study to determine whether objective measures of physical function can …

Objective: To determine the usefulness of the 6-minute walk test as an integrated measure of
mobility in older adults. Design: Observational study. Setting: Community centers and …

Context.—Significant symptoms of depression are common in the older community-dwelling
population. Although depressive symptoms and disability may commonly occur in the same …

Improvements in life expectancy in the twentieth century have resulted from major declines
in mortality at younger ages, but it is less well recognized that mortality declines at older …

Publikace je určena kromě geriatrů zejména internistům a praktickým lékařům, užitečná je v
běžné praxi i v postgraduálním studiu. Kniha vymezuje geriatrického nemocného, popisuje …

Background. This study examines, in initially nondisabled older persons, the impact of
reduced lower extremity performance on subsequent hospitalizations. Methods. A 4-year …

BACKGROUND: Older persons frequently experience a decline in function following an
acute medical illness and hospitalization. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a …

Background Aging is associated with metabolic, physiologic, and functional impairments, in
part through age-related changes in body composition. During the later adult years, skeletal …