Physical fitness and 4-year mortality in an 80-year-old population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 851-858

  Takata, Yutaka ^a   Ansai, Toshihiro ^a   Akifusa, Sumio ^a   Soh, Inho ^a   Yoshitake, Yutaka ^b   Kimura, Yasuo ^c   Sonoki, Kazuo ^a   Fujisawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Awano, Shuji ^a   Kagiyama, Shuntaro ^a   Hamasaki, Tomoko ^a   Nakamichi, Ikuo ^a   Yoshida, Akihiro ^a   Takehara, Tadamichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; JAPAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548745968     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.8.851     Document Type: Article

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