Effect of long-term exercise on walking ability in elderly people

Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 149-158

  Kim, Jundong ^a   Ohshima, Toshio ^a   Baba, Shino ^a   Yasuda, Toshihiro ^b   Adachi, Kazutaka ^a   Katsuta, Shigeru ^c   Okada, Morihiko ^a   Kuno, Shinya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly athlete; Psoas major; Walking ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037816745     PISSN: 0039906X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7600/jspfsm1949.50.149     Document Type: Article

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