Knee extension strength cutpoints for maintaining mobility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-457

  Manini, Todd M ^a,h   Visser, Marjolein ^a   Won Park, Seok ^b   Patel, Kushang V ^c   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^d   Chen, Hepei ^c   Goodpaster, Bret ^d   De Rekeneire, Nathalie ^e   Newman, Anne B ^d   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^f   Ryder, Kathy ^g   Schwartz, Ann V ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Gait speed; Physical reserve; Strength thresholds

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847262031     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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