Reliability and sensitivity to change assessed for a summary measure of lower body function

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

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Physiatry +16

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

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine +17

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

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine +17

Measuring change over time: Assessing the usefulness of evaluative instruments

Gordon Guyatt, Stephen D. Walter, Geoff Norman · Journal of Chronic Diseases · 1987 · 1.9K citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Measurement +12

Physical Performance Measures in Aging Research

Jack M. Guralnik, Laurence G. Branch, S. R. Cummings et al. · Journal of Gerontology · 1989 · 571 citations

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Functional Assessment +12