Functional ability at age 75: Is there an impact of physical inactivity from middle age to early old age?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-251

  Christensen, U ^a   Stovring N ^b   Schultz Larsen, K ^a,b,c   Schroll, M ^b,c   Avlund, K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Functional decline; Longitudinal; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGING; DENMARK; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745630306     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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