motor dysfunction

Pathology

• increases in timed chair rises starting 10 years before death*
• decline in walking speed starting 9 years before death*
• limitations in activities of daily living starting 4 years before death*
• decreased walking speed & limitations in activities of daily living are the strongest motor dysfunction predictors of mortality

* variable declines in motor function among older adults

Diagnostic procedures

• timed get-up & go test would seem a simple test or motor dysfunction

More general terms

• neurologic disease

More specific terms

• motor fluctuation

Additional terms

• motor function
• neuromuscular disease; myoneural disease