Influence of lower extremity strength of healthy older adults on the outcome of an induced trip

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 256-262

  Pavol, Michael J ^a,b   Owings, Tammy M ^a   Foley, Kevin T ^a   Grabiner, Mark D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Falling; Older adults; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRENGTH;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036169591     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50056.x     Document Type: Article

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