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Gait speed correlates in a multiracial population of community-dwelling older adults living in Brazil: a cross-sectional population-based study

BACKGROUND: Gait speed is a strong predictor of a wide range of adverse health outcomes in older adults. Mean values for gait speed in community-dwelling older adults vary substantially depending on population characteristics, suggesting that social, biological, or health factors might explain why c...

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Autores principales: Ruggero, Cintia Regina, Bilton, Tereza Lofredo, Teixeira, Luiza Faria, Ramos, Juliane de Lemos Armada, Alouche, Sandra Regina, Dias, Rosangela Correa, Perracini, Monica Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23448191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-182