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Subsystems Contributing to the Decline in Ability to Walk: Bridging the Gap Between Epidemiology and Geriatric Practice in the InCHIANTI Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2000 · Vol. 48(12) · pp. 1618–1625

Luigi Ferrucci✉(Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani)Stefania Bandinelli(Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani)Enrico Benvenuti(Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani)Angelo Di Iorio(University of Chieti-Pescara)Claudio Macchi(Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation)Tamara B. Harris(National Institute on Aging)Jack M. Guralnik(National Institutes of Health)

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Abstract

Data collected in InCHIANTI will be used to identify the main risk factors that influence loss of the ability to walk in older persons, to define physiologic subsystems that are critical for walking, to select the best measures of their integrity, and to establish critical ranges in these measures that are compatible with "normal" walking ability. The final goal is to translate epidemiological research into a geriatric clinical tool that makes possible more precise diagnosis and more effective treatment in patients with walking dysfunction.

Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicineEpidemiologyPhysical medicine and rehabilitationGeriatricsPopulationBridging (networking)GerontologyPhysical therapyActivities of daily livingEnvironmental health

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Activities of Daily LivingAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGaitGeriatricsHealth SurveysHumansItalyMaleMiddle AgedMovement DisordersPopulation SurveillanceReference Values