Dog ownership, walking behavior, and maintained mobility in late life.

OBJECTIVES: To examine dog walking among dog owners and the relationship between walking behavior of dog owners and non-dog owners and maintained gait speed over 3 years. DESIGN: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of a prospective cohort study. SETTING: Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pen...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Vol. 54; no. 9; pp. 1419 - 1425
Autores principales: Thorpe RJ Jr., Simonsick EM, Brach JS, Ayonayon H, Satterfield S, Harris TB, Garcia M, Kritchevsky SB
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2006
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