Fitness-related factors associated with changes in walking speed in elderly women

Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Tainaka, Kohji ^a   Aoki, Junichiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Lower extremity muscle strength; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANKLE PLANTAR FLEXOR MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HIP ABDUCTOR MUSCLE; HIP EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLE; LEG; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0036553295     PISSN: 0039906X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7600/jspfsm1949.51.245     Document Type: Article

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