Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1108-1113 , September 2007

Construct and Predictive Validity of a Self-Reported Measure of Preclinical Mobility Limitation

  • Minna Mänty, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Minna Mänty, MSc, The Finnish Center for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35 (Viveca), FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Ari Heinonen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Raija Leinonen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Timo Törmäkangas, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Ritva Sakari-Rantala, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Mirja Hirvensalo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sport Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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  • Mikaela B. von Bonsdorff, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Taina Rantanen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

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 Supported by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, the City of Jyväskylä, Finnish Cultural Foundation and Juho Vainio Foundation.

 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.

 See commentary p 1217.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00436-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1108-1113 , September 2007

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