The relative importance of strength and balance in chair rise by functionally impaired older individuals

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1441-1446

  Schenkman, Margaret ^a,b   Hughes, Michael A ^c   Samsa, Greg ^b   Studenski, Stephanie ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SITTING; STANDING;

EID: 0029845445     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb04068.x     Document Type: Article

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