Allometric analysis of physical performance measures in older adults

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1263-1270

  Pua, Yong Hao ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass; Log linear modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOMETRY; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TORQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 33748465490     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060034     Document Type: Article

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