Evidence for a non-linear relationship between leg strength and gait speed

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Buchner, David M ^a   Larson, Eric B ^a   Wagner, Edward H ^a   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a   De Lateur, Barbara J ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029848713     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.5.386     Document Type: Article

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