Lower-extremity muscle force and balance performance in adults aged 65 years older

Physical Therapy

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1177-1185

  Daubney, Marguerite Elizabeth ^a   Culham, Elsie G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Falls; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION;

EID: 0033432684     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/79.12.1177     Document Type: Article

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