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Mobility Modification Alleviates Environmental Influence on Incident Mobility Difficulty among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study

BACKGROUND: Environmental barriers increase risk for mobility difficulties in old age. Mobility difficulty is preceded by a phase where people try to postpone a difficulty through mobility modification. We studied whether perceived environmental mobility barriers outdoors correlate with mobility mod...

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Autores principales: Rantakokko, Merja, Portegijs, Erja, Viljanen, Anne, Iwarsson, Susanne, Rantanen, Taina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27104750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154396