Health-related fitness test battery for adults: Associations with perceived health, mobility, and back function and symptoms

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 559-569

  Suni, Jaana H ^a   Oja, Pekka ^a   Miilunpalo, Seppo I ^a   Pasanen, Matti E ^a   Vuori, Ilkka M ^a   Bös, Klaus ^b  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031948023     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90073-9     Document Type: Article

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