Allometric scalling of strength in an independently living population age 55-86 years

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-60

  Amara, Catherine E ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a   Koval, John J ^a   Paterson, Donald H ^a   Winter, Edward M ^b   Cunningham, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LEG LENGTH; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STERNUM; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HAND GRIP; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0037208130     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10115     Document Type: Article

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