The Association between Physical Function and Lifestyle Activity and Exercise in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 502-509

  Brach, Jennifer S ^a,f   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b,c   Kritchevsky, Stephen ^d   Yaffe, Kristine ^e   Newman, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Physical activity; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; TENNESSEE; WALKING;

EID: 1842632474     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52154.x     Document Type: Article

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