The relationship of peripheral motor nerve conduction velocity to age- associated loss of grip strength

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 471-478

  Metter, E J ^a,d   Conwit, R ^b   Metter, B ^a   Pacheco, T ^c   Tobin, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Grip strength; Motor nerve; Muscle force; Nerve conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODEL; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032464713     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03340161     Document Type: Article

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