A cross-cultural comparison of neuromuscular performance, functional status, and falls between japanese and white women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Davis, James W ^a   Nevitt, Michael C ^a,b   Wasnich, Richard D ^a,b   Ross, Philip D ^a,b  

^a Hawaii Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0033142584     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.6.M288     Document Type: Article

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