Cross-sectional relationship between physical fitness components and functional performance in older persons living in long-term care facilities

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Singh, Amika S ^a   Chin A Paw, Marijke J M ^a   Bosscher, Ruud J ^b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STANDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33644511703     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-6-4     Document Type: Article

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