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Lower Extremity Functional Testing

Lower Extremity Functional Testing is a standardized assessment method within functional capacity evaluation that specifically measures the physical performance and functional capabilities of the lower limbs in activities such as walking, stair climbing, balance, and weight-bearing tasks.

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

Jack M. Guralnik, E. M. Simonsick, Luigi Ferrucci et al. · Journal of Gerontology · 1994 · 9.7K citations

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Lower-Extremity Function in Persons over the Age of 70 Years as a Predictor of Subsequent Disability

Jack M. Guralnik, Luigi Ferrucci, Eleanor M. Simonsick et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1995 · 4.1K citations · Full text

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The Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS): scale development, measurement properties, and clinical application. North American Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Research Network.

Jill Binkley, Paul W. Stratford, Stacy Lott et al. · PubMed · 1999 · 1.4K citations

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Leg extensor power and functional performance in very old men and women

E. J. Bassey, M. A. Fiatarone, Evelyn F. O’Neill et al. · Clinical Science · 1992 · 942 citations

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OARSI recommended performance-based tests to assess physical function in people diagnosed with hip or knee osteoarthritis

F. Dobson, Rana S. Hinman, Ewa M. Roos et al. · Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2013 · 925 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Jack M. Guralnik

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    16 publications · 15.2K citations

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  2. PW
    Paul W. Stratford

    McMaster University, Canada

    15 publications · 4.5K citations

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  3. LF
    Luigi Ferrucci

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    10 publications · 14.4K citations

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  4. DK
    Deborah Kennedy

    Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Canada

    7 publications · 654 citations

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  5. SL
    Suzanne L. Miller

    New England Baptist Hospital, United States

    5 publications · 272 citations

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Institutions

683

  1. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. National Institute on Aging

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    38 publications

    34.7K citations

  3. Western University

    London, Canada

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

    Toronto, Canada

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    22.4K citations

  7. Health Sciences Centre

    Winnipeg, Canada

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    3.7K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 30 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. Physical Therapy

    18 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

    12 publications · 713 citations

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  5. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

    JSR · 11 publications · 689 citations

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