Peak leg muscle power, peak VO2 and its correlates with physical activity in 57 to 70-year-old women

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-16

  Boussuge, P Y ^a   Rance, M ^a   Bedu, M ^a   Duche, P ^a   Van Praagh, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Habitual physical activity level; Short term muscle power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MUSCLE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BICYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 29544437939     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0044-1     Document Type: Article

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