Age-related changes in gait velocity and leg extension power in middle-aged and elderly people

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Kozakai, Rumi ^a,b   Tsuzuku, Shigeki ^b   Yabe, Kyonosuke ^c   Ando, Fujiko ^b   Niino, Naoakira ^b   Shimokata, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leg extension power; Maximum gait velocity; Middle aged and elderly people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17144434129     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.10.1sup_77     Document Type: Article

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