title: Physical performance measures: an important component of the comprehensive geriatric assessment.
abstract: Performing a comprehensive geriatric assessment that includes objective physical performance measures is important. Gait speed and the Timed Up and Go test have been shown to predict health decline and mortality in older adults. Detecting subtle functional changes in older adults will help nurse practitioners provide optimal care.
authors.affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003863:Depression / Q000451:nursing; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013997:Time Factors