Autore |
Inzitari Marco
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Firenze : , : Firenze University Press, , 2010
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (60 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Disciplina |
305.26
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Collana |
Premio FUP. Tesi di dottorato
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Soggetto topico |
Older people
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Foreword -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. The demographic and epidemiological transitions -- 1.1 Impairments of mobility and walking in the disablement process -- 2. Clinical consequences of mobility dysfunction and the onset of disability -- 3. Health care and social costs of impaired mobility -- 4. Assessment of mobility in epidemiologic studies -- 5. Determinants of mobility disability in older community-dwellers -- Aims -- Methods -- 1. Populations -- 2. Markers of different physiologic domains tested as potential predictors of mobility and gait dysfunction -- 2.1 Central and peripheral nervous systems -- 2.2 Energy production and transportation -- 2.3 Outcome variables: measures of physical performance and other variables -- 3. Essential aspects of the statistical analysis -- Main results -- Study 1 -- Study 2 -- Study 3 -- Study 4 -- Study 5 -- Study 6 -- Discussion -- 1. Summary of the results -- 2. Comparison with previous studies and possible pathophysiologic pathways -- 2.1 Central nervous system -- 2.2 Peripheral nervous system -- 2.3 Subclinical vascular disease -- 2.4 Anemia and cerebrovascular disease -- 3. Main strengths and limitations -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774881103321 |