Physical Functioning Among Patients Aging With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Versus HIV Uninfected: Feasibility of Using the Short Physical Performance Battery in Clinical Care of People Living With HIV Aged 50 or Older | Zendy

Heidi M. Crane | Zendy; Michael E. Miller | Zendy; J. Thomas Pierce | Zendy; Amanda L. Willig | Zendy; Michael Lloyd Case | Zendy; Aimee Wilkin | Zendy; Sharon L. Brown | Zendy; Mary Grace Asirot | Zendy; Rob J. Fredericksen | Zendy; Michael S. Saag | Zendy; Alan Landay | Zendy; Kevin P. High | Zendy

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Physical Functioning Among Patients Aging With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Versus HIV Uninfected: Feasibility of Using the Short Physical Performance Battery in Clinical Care of People Living With HIV Aged 50 or Older

Author(s) -

Heidi M. Crane,

Michael E. Miller,

J. Thomas Pierce,

Amanda L. Willig,

Michael Lloyd Case,

Aimee Wilkin,

Sharon L. Brown,

Mary Grace Asirot,

Rob J. Fredericksen,

Michael S. Saag,

Alan Landay,

Kevin P. High

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz038

Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , balance (ability) , physical therapy , demography , immunology , statistics , mathematics , sociology

The SPPB can be implemented into busy HIV clinics. Despite the ~20-year age difference, mean scores were similar among PLWH and older HIV-uninfected individuals, although gait speed was faster among HIV-uninfected individuals.

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