Open AccessGait speed and hospitalization among ambulatory hemodialysis patients: USRDS special study data
Author(s) -
Nancy G. Kutner,
Rebecca Zhang,
Yijian Huang,
Haimanot Wasse
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-6124
DOI - 10.5527/wjn.v3.i3.101
Subject(s) - medicine , gait , ambulatory , preferred walking speed , cohort , gait analysis , hemodialysis , emergency medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
To assess the association of measured gait speed with hemodialysis (HD) patients' hospitalization, in conjunction with, and apart from, recent fall history.