Repeated chair stands as a measure of lower limb strength in sexagenarian women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1207-1212

  McCarthy, Erick K ^a   Horvat, Michael A ^a   Holtsberg, Philip A ^b   Wisenbaker, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHAIR; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 11144290100     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.11.1207     Document Type: Article

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