Most Recent Articles from Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

• Editor's Message: The JGPT is Evolving... 

  This first edition of 2009 includes significant changes for the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy (JGPT). We are moving to a quarterly...

  01/01/09 by Lusardi, Michelle M · More from publication

• Measurement of Gait Speed of Older Adults is Feasible and Informative in a Home-care Setting 

  ABSTRACT Purpose: Although gait speed is widely recommended as a measure of activity limitation, it is not routinely used clinically with older...

  01/01/09 by Bohannon, Richard W · More from publication

• Development of a Clinical Measure of Dual-task Performance in Walking: Reliability and Preliminary Validity of the Walking and Remembering Test 

  ABSTRACT Objectives: (1) To examine the reliability of a new clinical measure of simultaneous walking with performance of a working memory task,...

  01/01/09 by McCulloch, Karen L; Mercer, Vicki; Giuliani, Carol; Marshall, Steve · More from publication

• Variability of the Forward Head Posture in Healthy Community-dwelling Older Women 

  ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this research was to describe the variability of forward head posture in healthy older women, and to investigate...

  01/01/09 by Nemmers, Theresa M; Miller, Janice Williams; Hartman, Merrillyn D · More from publication

• Pilot Case Control Study of Postural Sway and Balance Performance in Aging Adults with Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis 

  ABSTRACT Purpose: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a degenerative disease encountered in adults > 65 years, is a leading cause of back and lower...

  01/01/09 by Iversen, Maura D; Kale, Madhuri K; Sullivan, Joseph T · More from publication

• Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Rehabilitation Outcomes in Elderly Patients Admitted with a Femoral Neck Fracture: A Systematic Review, The 

  ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the evidence of rehabilitation outcomes after the surgical repair of a hip fracture in older people with cognitive...

  01/01/09 by Muir, Susan W; Yohannes, Abebaw M · More from publication

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