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Performance-based versus patient-reported physical function: what are the underlying predictors?Jonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, 1575 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Phys Ther 91:1804-11. 2011..Although conceived as representing similar concepts, differences between these 2 modes of measuring physical functioning have not been adequately characterized scientifically...- Are changes in leg power responsible for clinically meaningful improvements in mobility in older adults?Jonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:2363-8. 2010..From among physiological attributes commonly targeted in rehabilitation, to identify those in which changes led to clinically meaningful differences (CMDs) in mobility outcomes... 
Is stair climb power a clinically relevant measure of leg power impairments in at-risk older adults?Jonathan F Bean
Department of PM and R, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:604-9. 2007..To test the clinical relevance of the stair climb power test (SCPT) as a measure of leg power impairments in mobility-limited older adults...- Do attitudes toward exercise vary with differences in mobility and disability status? - a study among low-income seniorsJonathan F Bean
Department PM and R, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Disabil Rehabil 29:1215-20. 2007..To examine attitudes toward exercise among a vulnerable aged population characterized by low socioeconomic status, poor functional status and lack of available therapeutic exercise resources... - Benefits of exercise for community-dwelling older adultsJonathan F Bean
Spaulding Cambridge Rehabilitation Center, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:S31-42; quiz S43-4. 2004..OVERALL ARTICLE OBJECTIVE: To summarize the current knowledge regarding the therapeutic benefits of exercise for community-dwelling older adults... 
Which impairments are most associated with high mobility performance in older adults? Implications for a rehabilitation prescriptionJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:2278-84. 2008..To test which rehabilitative impairments are associated with higher mobility performance among community-dwelling, mobility-limited older adults...- Increased velocity exercise specific to task training versus the National Institute on Aging's strength training program: changes in limb power and mobilityJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:983-91. 2009..This study was designed to evaluate the benefits of InVEST (Increased Velocity Specific to Task) training on limb power and mobility among mobility-limited older adults... - The pathway from musculoskeletal pain to mobility difficulty in older disabled womenSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pain 128:69-77. 2007..Research is needed to better understand the development of pain-related disability in order to determine optimum approaches to prevent and treat mobility disability in older persons with persistent pain... - Weighted stair climbing in mobility-limited older people: a pilot studyJonathan Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:663-70. 2002..To evaluate weighted stair climbing exercise (SCE) as a means of increasing lower extremity muscle power in mobility-limited older people... - Changes in function and disability after resistance training: does velocity matter?: a pilot studyStephen P Sayers
Human Physilogy Laboratory, Department of Health Science, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 82:605-13. 2003..To compare the effects of high- and low-velocity resistance training on functional performance and disability outcomes in physically limited older women... - Impact of muscle power and force on gait speed in disabled older men and womenAnthony Cuoco
Human Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Science, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:1200-6. 2004..Because HGV is highly predictive of subsequent disability, future studies should evaluate the determinants of muscle power output at low external resistances... - Comparing pain severity versus pain location in the MOBILIZE Boston study: chronic pain and lower extremity functionLaura H P Eggermont
Alzheimer s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:763-70. 2009..This study compared measures of chronic pain, for example, number of pain sites and overall pain severity, in relation to lower extremity function in the older population... - Associating the onset of motor impairments with disability progression in nursing home residentsJonathan Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Research and Training Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 81:696-704; quiz 705-7, 720. 2002..CONCLUSION: This study directly links the onset of movement impairments with disability progression. These findings have important implications for physiatrists and other practitioners of geriatric rehabilitation... - Musculoskeletal pain and risk for falls in older disabled women living in the communitySuzanne G Leveille
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:671-8. 2002..To determine whether musculoskeletal pain increased risk for falls in older women with disabilities... - Increased Velocity Exercise Specific to Task (InVEST) training: a pilot study exploring effects on leg power, balance, and mobility in community-dwelling older womenJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:799-804. 2004..To evaluate a dynamic form of weighted vest exercise suitable for home use and designed to enhance muscle power, balance, and mobility... - Upper and lower limb muscle power relationships in mobility-limited older adultsSeth Herman
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:476-80. 2005..Additionally, upper limb muscle power measures may serve as a useful surrogate measure of limb power having implications for clinicians and researchers... - Chronic musculoskeletal pain and the occurrence of falls in an older populationSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
JAMA 302:2214-21. 2009..Chronic pain is a major contributor to disability in older adults; however, the potential role of chronic pain as a risk factor for falls is poorly understood... - Trunk muscle attributes are associated with balance and mobility in older adults: a pilot studyPradeep Suri
Department of PM and R, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
PM R 1:916-24. 2009..To determine whether trunk muscle attributes are associated with balance and mobility performance among mobility-limited older adults... - The 6-minute walk test in mobility-limited elders: what is being measured?Jonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M751-6. 2002..Though commonly utilized as an outcome measure among otherwise healthy mobility-limited elders, it is not clear whether the 6mw best represents a measure of functional limitation, aerobic capacity, or both... - The relationship between leg power and physical performance in mobility-limited older peopleJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:461-7. 2002..The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of leg power and leg strength on the physical performance of community-dwelling mobility-limited older people... - Aging, muscle activity, and balance control: physiologic changes associated with balance impairmentCarrie A Laughton
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for BioDynamics, Boston University, 44 Cummington St, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Gait Posture 18:101-8. 2003..It is unclear whether increases in muscle activity preclude greater postural instability or if increased muscle activity is a compensatory response to increases in postural sway... - High-velocity resistance training increases skeletal muscle peak power in older womenRoger A Fielding
Human Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:655-62. 2002..We tested the hypothesis that a high-velocity resistance-training program (HI) would increase muscle power more than a traditional low-velocity resistance-training program (LO)... - Exercise in the elderly: research and clinical practiceJason E Frankel
New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stoughton, MA 02072, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Clin Geriatr Med 22:239-56; vii. 2006..Where available, it discusses specific recommendations for prescribing exercise modalities. Finally, it presents suggestions for developing integrated exercise programs and enhancing patient compliance... - Does gynecologic surgery contribute to low back problems in later life? An analysis of the women's health and aging studyJeffery J Ericksen
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 23298, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:172-6. 2006..To examine whether women with potential injuries to the abdominal and pelvic musculature from past gynecologic surgery are at higher risk for low back pain (LBP)... - Influence of poststroke urinary incontinence on disability: the nursing home settingJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 82:175-81. 2003..These findings have clinical implications for physiatrists and nursing home clinicians and provide a context in which future disability research can be conducted... - A comparison of leg power and leg strength within the InCHIANTI study: which influences mobility more?Jonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 58:728-33. 2003..There was also evidence that the power-function relationship may be described as curvilinear. However, these findings have never been confirmed in a representative population... - High-intensity resistance training improves muscle strength, self-reported function, and disability in long-term stroke survivorsMichelle M Ouellette
Human Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
Stroke 35:1404-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: High-intensity PRT improves both paretic and nonparetic lower extremity strength after stroke, and results in reductions in functional limitations and disability... - Linking C-reactive protein to late-life disability in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002Hsu-Ko Kuo
7 Chung-Shan S. Road, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:380-7. 2006..Future research is needed to understand CRP as a risk factor for disability in older populations... - Relationship of homocysteine levels to quadriceps strength, gait speed, and late-life disability in older adultsHsu Ko Kuo
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:434-9. 2007..Disability is one of the most common features in older adults. However, little is known about the role of homocysteine in physical disability among older adults... - Exploring how peak leg power and usual gait speed are linked to late-life disability: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2002Hsu-Ko Kuo
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 85:650-8. 2006..CONCLUSION: Peak leg power and habitual gait speed were associated with varying domains of late-life disability. The association between peak leg power and disability seems to be partially mediated through usual gait speed... - Association of cardiorespiratory fitness and levels of C-reactive protein: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002Hsu Ko Kuo
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Cardiol 114:28-33. 2007..However, the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and CRP has not been adequately examined...
Research Grants
- Ameliorating Disability through Power TrainingJonathan Bean; Fiscal Year: 2006..It will provide important insights into exercise's role in preserving late life functioning. ..
- Developing Rehabilitative Strategies for Disability Prevention in Primary CareJonathan Bean; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results will lead to studies evaluating the use of rehabilitation as a means of preventing disability among older adults. ..
- Developing Rehabilitative Strategies for Disability Prevention in Primary CareJonathan F Bean; Fiscal Year: 2010..The results will lead to studies evaluating the use of rehabilitation as a means of preventing disability among older adults. ..