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Mobility Impairment

Mobility Impairment is a physical disability characterized by limitations in the ability to move parts of the body or perform locomotor activities, such as walking or transferring, that restrict an individual’s independent participation in daily tasks and social roles across developmental and aging trajectories within geriatric and pediatric populations.

3.7K

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266.3K

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12.9K

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3.3K

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2017–2026

966

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Mobility Impairments

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Publications

3.7K

The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons

Diane Podsiadlo, Sandra Richardson · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1991 · 14.3K citations

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Performance‐Oriented Assessment of Mobility Problems in Elderly Patients

Mary E. Tinetti · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1986 · 3.3K citations

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Lower Extremity Function and Subsequent Disability: Consistency Across Studies, Predictive Models, and Value of Gait Speed Alone Compared With the Short Physical Performance Battery

Jack M. Guralnik, Luigi Ferrucci, Carl F. Pieper et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2000 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Articular mobility in an African population.

Peter Beighton, Louis Solomon, Colin L. Soskolne · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 1973 · 1.7K citations

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Classification of Walking Handicap in the Stroke Population

Jacquelin Perry, Mary Jane Garrett, JoAnne K. Gronley et al. · Stroke · 1995 · 1.6K citations

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Authors

12.9K

  1. JM
    Jack M. Guralnik

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    108 publications · 20.3K citations

    68

    h-index

  2. AB
    Anne B. Newman

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    71 publications · 10.4K citations

    45

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  3. LF
    Luigi Ferrucci

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    57 publications · 11.2K citations

    42

    h-index

  4. TR
    Taina Rantanen

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    72 publications · 7.4K citations

    42

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  5. SB
    Stephen B. Kritchevsky

    Wake Forest University, United States

    54 publications · 8.7K citations

    35

    h-index

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Institutions

3.3K

  1. National Institute on Aging

    Baltimore, United States

    73 h-index

    337 publications

    56.4K citations

  2. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    66 h-index

    433 publications

    35.2K citations

  3. Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, United States

    50 h-index

    315 publications

    32.7K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    49 h-index

    263 publications

    21.8K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    48 h-index

    199 publications

    21K citations

  6. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    47 h-index

    159 publications

    22.4K citations

  7. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    45 h-index

    139 publications

    13.3K citations

  8. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    44 h-index

    306 publications

    23.9K citations

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  1. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    183 publications · 39.3K citations

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  2. The Journals of Gerontology Series A

    183 publications · 21.7K citations

    76

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  3. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

    127 publications · 10.1K citations

    54

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  4. Disability and Rehabilitation

    91 publications · 5.6K citations

    42

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  5. Gait & Posture

    82 publications · 4.6K citations

    39

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