Functional and behavioral consequences of sarcopenia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages

  Jette, Alan M ^a   Jette, Diane U ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KNEE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030628180     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(1997)5+<39::aid-mus10>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Conference Paper

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