Age-related changes in speed of walking

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 161-166

  Himann, Joan E ^a   Cunningham, David A ^a   Rechnitzer, Peter A ^a   Paterson, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness in elderly; Self paced walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023952007     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-198820020-00010     Document Type: Article

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