Physical activity and leg strength predict decline in mobility performance in older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1618-1623

  Buchman, Aron S ^a,b   Wilson, Robert S ^a   Boyle, Patricia A ^a   Tang, Yuxiao ^a   Fleischman, Debra A ^a   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Leg strength; Mobility; Motor decline; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

EID: 34848897567     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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