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Preclinical mobility disability predicts incident mobility disability in older women
Author(s)	Linda P Fried, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Paulo H M Chaves
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical, vol 55A, no 1, January 2000
Pages	pp M43-M52
Keywords	Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Older women ; Over 70s ; United States of America.
Annotation	Prevention of physical disability is one of the main priorities for ageing research. Reasoning has suggested that there might be a preclinical, intermediate phase of disablement, which, if identified, could provide a basis for screening and early intervention to prevent disability. The aim of this study was to determine whether potential self-report and performance measures of preclinical disability predicted incident mobility disability in 436 high-functioning women aged between 70 and 80 years. The main outcome measure was self-reported incident difficulty walking 1/2 mile or climbing up 10 steps. Findings revealed that the self-reported measure and the performance measure were independently and jointly predictive of incident mobility difficulty. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000509407 A
Classmark	C4: BN: BD: BBK: 7T
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