Maximum Walking Speed Can Improve the Diagnostic Value of Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults a Cross-Sectional Study
Open Access
- 1 January 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Frailty & Aging
- Vol. 8 (1) , 39-41
Abstract
This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy of the combination of usual walking speed (UWS) and maximum walking speed (MWS) to identify frailty in commKeywords
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