Lower extremity strength and power are associated with 400-meter walk time in older adults: The InCHIANTI study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1186-1193

  Marsh, Anthony P ^a   Miller, Michael E ^b   Saikin, Aaron M ^a   Rejeski, W Jack ^a   Hu, Nan ^b   Lauretani, Fulvio ^c   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tuscany Regional Health Agency   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AGING IN THE CHIANTI AREA STUDY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 33845915776     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.11.1186     Document Type: Article

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