Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2278-2284 , December 2008

Which Impairments Are Most Associated With High Mobility Performance in Older Adults? Implications for a Rehabilitation Prescription

  • Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MS, MPH Spaulding Cambridge Outpatient Center, 1575 Cambridge St, Box 9, Cambridge, MA 02138
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  • Dan K. Kiely, MA, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, MA
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  • Sharon LaRose, BS

      Affiliations

    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Suzanne G. Leveille, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

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    The SPPB has been advocated as a screening test to identify primary care patients at risk for mobility decline and disability. If rehabilitative care is to prevent mobility decline and disability, we

    The SPPB has been advocated as a screening test to identify primary care patients at risk for mobility decline and disability. If rehabilitative care is to prevent mobility decline and disability, we must know which rehabilitative impairments are most influential on SPPB performance.

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PII: S0003-9993(08)01487-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.04.029

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2278-2284 , December 2008

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