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THE EFFECTS OF AGE-BASED EVALUATIONS ON OLDER ADULTS’ GAIT VARIABILITY

Older adults are stereotyped as being slow, weak, and frail. In this study we examined how these stereotypes about age-related physical decline affect older adults’ walking performance. Healthy, community-dwelling older adults were asked to walk at their own comfortable pace along a 24’ temporospati...

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Autores principales: Barber, Sarah, Hamel, Kate, Ketcham, Carl, Lui, Kristy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841563/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2674