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Eleanor M. Simonsick
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 480
Citations - 59867
Eleanor M. Simonsick is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 101, co-authored 410 publications receiving 52402 citations. Previous affiliations of Eleanor M. Simonsick include Johns Hopkins University & University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.
Jack M. Guralnik,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Luigi Ferrucci,Robert J. Glynn,Lisa F. Berkman,Dan G. Blazer,Paul A. Scherr,Robert B. Wallace +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that performance measures can validly characterize older persons across a broad spectrum of lower extremity function and that performance and self-report measures may complement each other in providing useful information about functional status.
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Lower-Extremity Function in Persons over the Age of 70 Years as a Predictor of Subsequent Disability
TL;DR: Among nondisabled older persons living in the community, objective measures of lower-extremity function were highly predictive of subsequent disability.
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The Loss of Skeletal Muscle Strength, Mass, and Quality in Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
Bret H. Goodpaster,Seok Won Park,Tamara B. Harris,S. B. Kritchevsky,Michael C. Nevitt,Ann V. Schwartz,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Frances A. Tylavsky,Marjolein Visser,Anne B. Newman +9 more
TL;DR: Although the loss of muscle mass is associated with the decline in strength in older adults, this strength decline is much more rapid than the concomitant loss of Muscle mass, suggesting a decline in muscle quality.
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Sleep complaints among elderly persons: an epidemiologic study of three communities.
Daniel J. Foley,Andrew A. Monjan,Brown Sl,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Robert B. Wallace,Dan G. Blazer +5 more
TL;DR: In multivariate analyses, sleep complaints were associated with an increasing number of respiratory symptoms, physical disabilities, nonprescription medications, depressive symptoms and poorer self-perceived health.
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Strength, But Not Muscle Mass, Is Associated With Mortality in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study Cohort
Anne B. Newman,Varant Kupelian,Marjolein Visser,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Bret H. Goodpaster,Stephen B. Kritchevsky,Frances A. Tylavsky,Susan M. Rubin,Tamara B. Harris +8 more
TL;DR: Low muscle mass did not explain the strong association of strength with mortality, demonstrating that muscle strength as a marker of muscle quality is more important than quantity in estimating mortality risk.