PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 10 , Pages 916-924 , October 2009

Trunk Muscle Attributes Are Associated With Balance and Mobility in Older Adults: A Pilot Study

Aspects of this study were presented at the 2008 Annual Assembly of the American Geriatrics Society in Washington, DC.

  • Pradeep Suri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Ave., Boston, MA 02130; and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA‡
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: P.S.
    • ,
  • Dan K. Kiely, MPH, MA

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA§
    • ,
  • Suzanne G. Leveille, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R, Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA; and University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico∥
    • ,
  • Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R, Harvard Medical School Spaulding Cambridge Outpatient Center, Cambridge, MA#
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: J.F.B.

Received 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 17 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.09.009

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Volume 1, Issue 10 , Pages 916-924 , October 2009

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