Maximal isometric knee extension strength and stair-mounting ability in 75- and 80-year-old men and women

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Rantanen, Taina ^a   Era, Pertti ^a   Heikkinen, Eino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

aging; functional capacity; mobility; muscle force

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE;

EID: 0030012816     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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