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SPPB

The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a performance-based assessment developed by Guralnik and colleagues in 1994 at the National Institute on Aging to measure lower extremity physical function and functional mobility in older adults. It is widely used in clinical practice and epidemiological research to predict disability, institutionalization, and mortality in community-dwelling seniors.

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Short Physical Performance Battery
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / gerontology
  • Guralnik, J. M., Simonsick, E. M., Ferrucci, L., et al. (1994). A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission. J Gerontol, 49(2), M85-M94. · DOI 10.1093/geronj/49.2.M85
  • Guralnik, J. M., Ferrucci, L., Pieper, C. F., et al. (2000). Lower extremity function and subsequent disability: consistency across studies, predictive models, and value of gait speed alone compared with the short physical performance battery. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 55(4), M221-M231. · DOI 10.1093/gerona/55.4.M221
  • Pahor, M., Guralnik, J. M., Ambrosius, W. T., et al. (2006). Effect of structured physical activity on prevention of major mobility disability in older adults: the LIFE study randomized clinical trial. JAMA, 311(23), 2387-2396. · DOI 10.1001/jama.2014.5616
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