The overarching goals of this research are to evaluate follow-up status, 1 to 2 years after baseline, of a cohort of persons aged 75-85 at baseline who were found to have functional limitations (EPESE performance battery score of 4-9) but who were able to walk 400 meters in a test done in the Hebrew Home rehabilitation unit. Specific questions to be addressed include: 1.What is the incidence of inability to walk 400 meters in at-risk older persons who were found to be able to walk this far at baseline? 2.What are the main chronic diseases, impairments, and demographic characteristics which predict incident mobility loss? 3.What questions can be asked to impute who will be unable to walk 400 meters in an objective test of walking this distance in the clinic. This methodologic work may allow for the imputation of mobility disability status in persons in a future clinical trial who refuse to come into the clinic or are not physically capable of coming to the clinic.
| Chang, Milan; Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska; Ferrucci, Luigi et al. (2004) Incidence of loss of ability to walk 400 meters in a functionally limited older population. J Am Geriatr Soc 52:2094-8 |
