'The multiple-sit-to-stand' field test for older adults: What does it measure?

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Netz, Yael ^a   Ayalon, Moshe ^a   Dunsky, Ayelet ^a   Alexander, Neil ^b  

^a WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b Mobility Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Legs; Muscles; Test methods; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LEG; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; TORQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 2342527339     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076769     Document Type: Article

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