ReviewClinical interventions in aging2020
Life-Space Mobility in the Elderly: Current Perspectives.
Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessing the measurement properties of life-space mobility measures in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review.Age and ageing · 2023Pooled it
- Wearable and Portable GPS Solutions for Monitoring Mobility in Dementia: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Life-Space of Older Adults after Discharge from Skilled Nursing Facilities.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2024Trial
- 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
- Life Space in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Concept Analysis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
- Association of independent transportation use with life-space and physical activity for community-dwelling older adults using a day-care rehabilitation facility.Journal of physical therapy science · 2026Article
- Evaluation of a co-designed community-based physical activity program with immigrant South Asian older women: an intersectional RE-AIM/PRISM analysis of acceptability and feasibility.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Life-Space Mobility in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.Journal of cardiac failure - intersections · 2026Article
- The sense of well-being inventory (SWBI) and the brief adaptation to disability scale-revised (B-ADS-R): Italian translation, cultural adaptation and validation.Spinal cord series and cases · 2026Article
- Anxiety, life-space mobility and quality of life among frail older adults in Enugu, South-East Nigeria.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Associations of external environment with life-space mobility among community-dwelling older adults: the potential mediating role of intrinsic capacity.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Exploring the nexus between inflammation and mobility through the lens of healthy aging: current scenario and future perspectives.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Review
- 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
- Goal Setting According to Level of Mobility Independence in Home-Visit Rehabilitation Using Canadian Occupational Performance Measure.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- The Construct Validity of the Life-Space Assessment in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).Journal of aging research · 2026Article
- Seasonal variation in temperature and life-space mobility among older adults: a pilot study using mobile health technology.Innovation in aging · 2026Article
- Factors associated with life-space mobility in older adults with chronic respiratory disease: IMIAS study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Elderly Activity Life-Space Envelopes (EASE): Development and Feasibility of a Comprehensive, Integrated Protocol for Life-Space Mobility Research in Population Health.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Physical performance measures associated with life space of older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Out-of-home activities motivating older adults' participation in the community.International journal of health geographics · 2025Article
6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Life-space mobility (LSM) is a concept for assessing patterns of functional mobility over time. LSM is gaining traction in the research of geriatric population health. Several instruments have been developed to measure LSM, such as the University of Alabama at Birmingham Life-Space Assessment (LSA) or the Nursing Home Life-Space Diameter instrument. There has been exponential growth in the use of instruments measuring LSM in studies of older adults since the concept was introduced in 1985. In response to the increased volume of publications with clinical applicability to those working in geriatric health or conducting population-based research in older adults, we conducted a narrative review: a) to provide a summary of the articles that have assessed validation of the University of Alabama at Birmingham LSA instrument, the most widely used instrument to assess LSM in older adults; and b) to provide a summary of the research articles that have examined LSM as independent or outcome variable. Studies for this review were obtained with an organized search format and were included if they were published in the past 20 years, written in English, published in peer-reviewed literature, and included LSM as an independent or outcome variable. Seventy-nine articles were identified: 36 that employed a cross-sectional design and 22 that employed a longitudinal/prospective design to examine LSM as outcome variable; 17 longitudinal/prospective design articles that examined LSM as primary independent variable; 3 review articles; and 1 systematic review. Areas of research included physical function, cognitive function, sensory impairment, mental health, falls, frailty, comorbidities, healthcare use, mortality, and social/environmental factors. These studies showed that LSM instruments can accurately predict morbidity, mortality, and healthcare use.
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