Peak aerobic power is an important component of physical performance in older women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1999, Pages

  Binder, Ellen F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033159127     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.7.M353     Document Type: Article

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