Nutritional status and physical performance of elderly in the city of São Paulo;Estado nutricional e desempenho motor de idosos de São Paulo

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Barbosa, Aline Rodrigues ^a,b   Souza, José Maria Pacheco ^a   Lebrão, Maria Lúcia ^a   Marucci, Maria De Fátima Nunes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Desportos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging health; Body mass index; Musculoskeletal equilibrium; Time and motion studies

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247149894     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302007000100024     Document Type: Article

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