The quadriceps strength of healthy elderly people remeasured after eight years

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 6-10

  Greig, Carolyn A ^a   Botella, Jose ^a   Young, Archie ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; atrophy; longitudinal study; muscle; strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027459683     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880160103     Document Type: Article

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