Life-space assessments can be used clinically to assess current status, set goals, and monitor improvement, stability, or deterioration in mobility by assessing baseline and follow-up scores.
Reprinted from Peel C, Sawyer Baker P, Roth DL, et al. Assessing mobility in older adults: the UAB Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment. Physical Therapy Oct 2005, vol. 85, no. 10, pages 1008-1019, with permission of the American Physical Therapy Association. This material is copyrighted, and any further reproduction or distribution requires written permission from APTA (
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