ReviewAging clinical and experimental research2019
Assessing life-space mobility for a more holistic view on wellbeing in geriatric research and clinical practice.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- A rise-assisting robot extends life space and improves facial expressions of nursing home residents.BMC health services research · 2022Trial
- Change in GPS-assessed walking locations following a cluster-randomized controlled physical activity trial in older adults, results from the MIPARC trial.Health & place · 2021Trial
- Disability Prevention Program Improves Life-Space and Falls Efficacy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Trial
- Life-Space Mobility Trajectories After Elective Surgery in Older Adults.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Anxiety, life-space mobility and quality of life among frail older adults in Enugu, South-East Nigeria.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Facilitators and barriers of life-space mobility in older adults with ischemic stroke: a descriptive qualitative study based on the COM-B.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Demographic, Environmental and Clinical Factors Associated with Life-Space Mobility Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: Findings from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS).Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Physical performance measures associated with life space of older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Age-Related Deficits in Mobility Resilience With an Extreme Weather and Climate Event.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Life-space mobility trajectory patterns and associated characteristics in older cancer survivors: a secondary data analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Factors contributing to differences in physical activity levels in (pre)frail older adults living in rural areas of China.PloS one · 2025Article
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- 'Can do' versus 'Do do' in nursing home residents: identification of contextual factors discriminating groups with aligned or misaligned physical activity and physical capacity.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2024Article
- Community Mobility Among Older Adults Who Are Socioeconomically Disadvantaged: Addressing the Poverty Penalty.Physical therapy · 2024Article
- Risk of sarcopenia and mobility of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: the longitudinal data from the REMOBILIZE study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- Life-Space Mobility: Normative Values From a National Cohort of U.S. Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Life-space mobility (LSM) is a holistic measure of resilience to physical decline and social isolation in later life. To promote its use as an outcome in geriatric studies and in clinical practice, this review paper explains the concept of LSM; outlines available questionnaires for LSM assessment, provides an overview of associations between LSM and other outcomes, and discusses emerging methods to measure LSM using wearable sensors. Based on performed activity around a central geographical anchor, LSM aims to quantify the observed contraction of daily activities associated with ageing. Several questionnaires are available to assess LSM in different contexts: the University of Alabama Life-Space Assessment and the Life-Space Questionnaire (community settings), the Nursing Home Life-Space Diameter (nursing home settings) and Life Space at Home (for house-bound populations). Some studies using GPS trackers to calculate life-space parameters reported promising results. Although these techniques reduce data collection burden, battery life and older people's willingness to wear a tracker require further improvement before they can be used more widely. Regardless of the assessment method used, LSM was associated with measures of functional and cognitive abilities, nursing home admission and mortality. The current availability of instruments, the ongoing development of less burdensome data collection techniques, and evidence of construct validity support a case for promoting integration of LSM assessments into geriatric research studies and clinical practice. Ultimately, this will provide a more holistic view on older people's health and wellbeing.
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