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Stephanie A. Studenski

Stephanie A. Studenski

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69027
World Ranking
4843
National Ranking
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Overview

Stephanie A. Studenski is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of medicine and health professions, with notable contributions to the subfields of physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, geriatrics and gerontology, and biomedical engineering.

Their work focuses on several distinct topics, including:

  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Older Adults Driving Studies
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility

Stephanie A. Studenski has published extensively, with frequent venues including:

  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • JAMA Network Open
  • eLife

Among their recent papers are:

  • A cross-sectional study of functional and metabolic changes during aging through the lifespan in male mice (2021, eLife)
  • Association of Dual Decline in Memory and Gait Speed With Risk for Dementia Among Adults Older Than 60 Years (2020, JAMA Network Open)
  • Study of Longitudinal Aging in Mice: Presentation of Experimental Techniques (2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A)
  • Pet Ownership Patterns and Successful Aging Outcomes in Community Dwelling Older Adults (2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science)
  • Cognitive and neuroimaging profiles of older adults with dual decline in memory and gait speed (2020, Neurobiology of Aging)

Their research collaborations involve frequent coauthors such as Luigi Ferrucci, Caterina Rosano, Andrea Rosso, Qu Tian, and Susan M. Resnick.

Best Publications

  • Gait speed and survival in older adults.

    Stephanie Studenski;Subashan Perera;Kushang Patel;Caterina Rosano

  • Lower Extremity Function and Subsequent Disability Consistency Across Studies, Predictive Models, and Value of Gait Speed Alone Compared With the Short Physical Performance Battery

    Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Carl F. Pieper;Suzanne G. Leveille

  • Functional reach a new clinical measure of balance

    Pamela W. Duncan;Debra K. Weiner;Julie Chandler;Stephanie Studenski;Stephanie Studenski

  • The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates

    Stephanie A. Studenski;Katherine W. Peters;Dawn E. Alley;Peggy M. Cawthon

  • Geriatric Syndromes: Clinical, Research, and Policy Implications of a Core Geriatric Concept

    Sharon K. Inouye;Stephanie Studenski;Mary E. Tinetti;George A. Kuchel

  • Prevalence of and interventions for sarcopenia in ageing adults: a systematic review. Report of the International Sarcopenia Initiative (EWGSOP and IWGS)

    Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft;Francesco Landi;Stéphane M. Schneider;Clemente Zúñiga

  • Research Agenda for Frailty in Older Adults: Toward a Better Understanding of Physiology and Etiology: Summary from the American Geriatrics Society/National Institute on Aging Research Conference on Frailty in Older Adults

    Jeremy Walston;Evan C. Hadley;Luigi Ferrucci;Jack M. Guralnik

  • Physical Performance Measures in the Clinical Setting

    Stephanie Studenski;Subashan Perera;Dennis Wallace;Julie M. Chandler

  • Designing randomized, controlled trials aimed at preventing or delaying functional decline and disability in frail, older persons: a consensus report.

    Luigi Ferrucci;Jack M. Guralnik;Stephanie Studenski;Linda P. Fried

  • Association of long-distance corridor walk performance with mortality, cardiovascular disease, mobility limitation, and disability.

    Anne B. Newman;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Barbara L. Naydeck;Robert M. Boudreau

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Functional reach : Predictive validity in a sample of elderly male veterans

    Pamela W. Duncan;Stephanie Studenski;Stephanie Studenski;Julie Chandler;Barbara Prescott;Barbara Prescott

  • Effects of a physical activity intervention on measures of physical performance: Results of the lifestyle interventions and independence for Elders Pilot (LIFE-P) study.

    Marco Pahor;Steven N. Blair;Mark Espeland;Roger Fielding

  • Persisting consequences of stroke measured by the stroke impact scale

    Sue Min Lai;Stephanie Studenski;Pamela W. Duncan;Subashan Perera

  • Randomized Clinical Trial of Therapeutic Exercise in Subacute Stroke

    Pamela W. Duncan;Stephanie Studenski;Lorie Richards;Steven Gollub

  • Improvement in usual gait speed predicts better survival in older adults.

    Susan E. Hardy;Subashan Perera;Yazan F. Roumani;Julie M. Chandler

  • Improvements in Speed-Based Gait Classifications Are Meaningful

    Arlene Schmid;Pamela W. Duncan;Stephanie Studenski;Stephanie Studenski;Sue Min Lai

  • Is lower extremity strength gain associated with improvement in physical performance and disability in frail, community-dwelling elders?

    Julie M. Chandler;Pamela W. Duncan;Gary Kochersberger;Gary Kochersberger;Stephanie Studenski

  • Too much or too little step width variability is associated with a fall history in older persons who walk at or near normal gait speed.

    Jennifer S Brach;Jaime E Berlin;Jessie M VanSwearingen;Anne B Newman

  • Grip Strength Cutpoints for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Weakness

    Dawn E. Alley;Michelle D. Shardell;Katherine W. Peters;Robert R. McLean

Frequent Co-Authors

Caterina Rosano
Caterina Rosano University of Pittsburgh
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Luigi Ferrucci
Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health
Pamela W. Duncan
Pamela W. Duncan Wake Forest University
Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Howard J. Aizenstein
Howard J. Aizenstein University of Pittsburgh
Joseph T. Hanlon
Joseph T. Hanlon University of Pittsburgh
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Stephen B. Kritchevsky Wake Forest University
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Nicolaas I. Bohnen
Nicolaas I. Bohnen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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