Relationship between knee extension muscle strength and walking ability in the elderly patients

Rigakuryoho Kagaku

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-99

  Nishijima, Tomoko ^a   Koyama, Rieko ^a   Naito, Ikuna ^a   Hatakeyama, Satoshi ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^b   Oku, Toshiro ^c  

^a St Therese Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kochi Rehabilitation Institute   (Japan)

^c Department of Physical Therapy Keishin Rinshou Fukushi College

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Hand held dynamometer; Knee extension muscle strength; Walking ability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; WALKING;

EID: 18244409597     PISSN: 13411667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/rika.19.95     Document Type: Article

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