Is there a threshold between peak oxygen uptake and self-reported physical functioning in older adults?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1223-1229

  Morey, Miriam C ^c   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Cornoni Huntley, Joan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Disability; Functional limitations; Maximal oxygen uptake; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION TREES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0031824590     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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