Muscle power of the ankle flexors predicts functional performance in community-dwelling older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1161-1167

  Suzuki, Toshimi ^a   Bean, Jonathan F ^a,b   Fielding, Roger A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Exercise; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0034801881     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49232.x     Document Type: Article

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