Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 541-545 , April 2006

Gait Characteristics in Nondisabled Community-Residing Nonagenarians

  • Mahesh Krishnamurthy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Joe Verghese, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints requests to Joe Verghese, MD, MS, Einstein Aging Study, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1165 Morris Park Ave, Rm 314, Bronx, NY 10461

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 Supported by the National Institutes on Aging (grant nos. AGO3949, RO1 AGO25119) and a Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award (grant no. K23 AG024848).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.01.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 541-545 , April 2006

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