The bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and gait speed: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

The bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and gait speed: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

Depressive symptoms and physical performance are inversely associated, but it is unclear whether their association is bidirectional. We examined whether the association between depressive symptoms and physical performance measured using gait speed is bidirectional.We used a national sample of 4,581...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Panayotes Demakakos, Rachel Cooper, Mark Hamer, Cesar de Oliveira, Rebecca Hardy, Elizabeth Breeze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3706406?pdf=render

Similar Items

Similar Items