Musculoskeletal impairment among the non-institutionalized aged.
This study examines musculoskeletal impairment among 711 community elders living in Massachusetts; all are over 70 years of age, most are Caucasian (99%) and female (65%). Impairment was assessed by having trained interviewers ask participants to perform 10 standardized range-of-motion patterns. Findings reveal a high degree of musculoskeletal ability in this very aged sample. In only 3 of 10 movement patterns do more than 25% of the sample display any sign of impairment.
D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012737:Sex Factors