Just get out the door! importance of walking outside the home for maintaining mobility: findings fro

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Abstract - Just get out the door! importance of walking etc - Web page
This paper aimed to determine the association between volitional walking behavior and change in walking ability and lower extremity function over 1 year in functionally limited older women.
Author(s):
Eleanor M. Simonsick, Jack M. Guralnik, Stefano Volpato, Jennifer Balfour, and Linda P. Fried
Publisher(s):
Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Reference #:
doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53103.x
Date Published:
February 2005
Copyright:
Publisher Email: unknown
Region:
USA Location: Baltimore
Topics: 
Safety
Health
Free tags: 
behaviour change
women
Taxonomy upgrade extras: 
--3.24 Women's health & walking
-3 Safety & Health

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