Strength, mobility and falling in women referred to a geriatric outpatient clinic

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-125

  Janssen, Hennie C J P ^a   Samson, Monique M ^a   Meeuwsen, Ingrid B A E ^a   Duursma, Sijmen A ^a   Verhaar, Harald J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Falling; Isometric knee extension strength; Mobility; Muscle strength; Older women; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2642561976     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324540     Document Type: Article

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