A Short Physical Performance Battery Assessing Lower Extremity Function: Association With Self-Reported Disability and Prediction of Mortality and Nursing Home Admission

Journal Article A Short Physical Performance Battery Assessing Lower Extremity Function: Association With Self-Reported Disability and Prediction of Mortality and Nursing Home Admission Get access Jack M. Guralnik, Jack M. Guralnik 1Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institutes on Aging, National Institutes of Health, BethesdaMaryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Eleanor M. Simonsick, Eleanor M. Simonsick 1Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institutes on Aging, National Institutes of Health, BethesdaMaryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Luigi Ferrucci, Luigi Ferrucci 2Geriatric Department, Hospital I Fraticini, INRCAFlorence, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Robert J. Glynn, Robert J. Glynn 3Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lisa F. Berkman, Lisa F. Berkman 4Department of Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Dan G. Blazer, Dan G. Blazer 5Department of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Paul A. Scherr, Paul A. Scherr 6Aging Studies Branch, National Centers for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease ControlAtlanta, Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Robert B. Wallace Robert B. Wallace 7Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Gerontology, Volume 49, Issue 2, March 1994, Pages M85–M94, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/49.2.M85 Published: 01 March 1994 Article history Accepted: 17 June 1993 Received: 03 August 1993 Published: 01 March 1994