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Added Value of Physical Performance Measures in Predicting Adverse Health‐Related Events: Results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2009 · Vol. 57(2) · pp. 251–259

Matteo Cesari✉(University of Florida)Stephen B. Kritchevsky(Wake Forest University)Anne B. Newman(University of Pittsburgh)Eleanor M. Simonsick(University of Pittsburgh)Tamara B. Harris(National Institutes of Health)B. Penninx(National Institutes of Health)Jennifer S. Brach(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Frances A. Tylavsky(University of Tennessee Health Science Center)Suzanne Satterfield(University of Tennessee Health Science Center)Doug C. Bauer(University of California, San Francisco)Susan M. Rubin(University of California, San Francisco)Marjolein Visser(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Marco Pahor(University of Florida)for the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

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Abstract

Although gait speed is considered to be the most important predictor of adverse health events, these findings demonstrate that poor performance on other tests of lower extremity function are equally prognostic. This suggests that chair stand and standing balance performance may be adequate substitutes when gait speed is unavailable.

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Frailty in Older AdultsMedicinePercentileHazard ratioAdverse effectProspective cohort studyGaitCohort studyProportional hazards modelBalance (ability)Population

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AgedPostural BalanceFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHospitalizationHumansLegMaleMortalityMotor ActivityPostureProspective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityCohort StudiesMobility Limitation