Absolute vs. relative machine strength as predictors of function in older adults

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 628-640

  Knutzen, Kathleen M ^a   Brilla, Lorraine ^a   Caine, Dennis ^a   Chalmers, Gordon ^a   Gunter, Kathy ^a   Schot, Philip ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL; Elderly; Mobility; Weight training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0036863946     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2002)016<0628:AVRMSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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