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• Individual and environmental factors underlying life space of older people - study protocol and design of a cohort study on life-space mobility in old age (LISPE) 

  Rantanen, Taina; Portegijs, Erja; Viljanen, Anne; Eronen, Johanna; Saajanaho, Milla; Tsai, Li-Tang; Kauppinen, Markku; Palonen, Eeva-Maija; Sipilä, Sarianna; Iwarsson, Susanne; Rantakokko, Merja (BioMed Central (BMC), 2012)

  Background. A crucial issue for the sustainability of societies is how to maintain health and functioning in older people. With increasing age, losses in vision, hearing, balance, mobility and cognitive capacity render ...

• Life-space mobility and quality of life in community-dwelling older people 

  Rantakokko, Merja; Portegijs, Erja; Viljanen, Anne; Iwarsson, Susanne; Rantanen, Taina (American Geriatrics Society, 2013)

• Fear of falling and coexisting sensory difficulties as predictors of mobility decline in older women 

  Viljanen, Anne; Kulmala, Jenni; Rantakokko, Merja; Koskenvuo, Markku; Kaprio, Jaakko; Rantanen, Taina (The Gerontological Society of America, 2012)

  Background. Mobility decline, the coexistence of several sensory difficulties and fear of falling (FOF) are all common concerns in older people; however, knowledge about the combined effect of FOF and coexisting sensory ...

• Perceived barriers in the outdoor environment and development of walking difficulties in older people 

  Rantakokko, Merja; Iwarsson, Susanne; Mänty, Minna; Leinonen, Raija; Rantanen, Taina (Oxford University Press, 2012)

  SIR—Older people with mobility limitations often report more barriers in their outdoor environment than people with intact mobility [1]. However, it is uncertain whether older people perceive their environment as problematic ...

• Iäkkäiden ihmisten liikkumiskyky ja elinpiiri (LISPE) 

  Viljanen, Anne; Kauppinen, Markku; Rantanen, Taina; Portegijs, Erja; Rantakokko, Merja (University of Jyväskylä, 2021-10-20)

  This dataset is part of the LISPE project, which was a 2-year prospective cohort study of community-dwelling older people aged 75 to 90 (n = 848). Baseline data were collected in spring 2012. Participants were interviewed ...