Normalizing strength for body size differences in older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 713-717

  Davies, Michael J ^a,b   Dalsky, Gail P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AGING; ALLOMETRIC SCALING; RATIO METHOD

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALLOMETRY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0030943285     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199705000-00020     Document Type: Article

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