Lower extremity motor performance and body mass index in elderly people: The Italian longitudinal study on aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2023-2029

  Sergi, Giuseppe ^a,c   Perissinotto, Egle ^a   Toffanello, Elena D ^a   Maggi, Stefania ^b   Manzato, Enzo ^a   Buja, Alessandra ^a   Coin, Alessandra ^a   Frigo, Anna C ^a   Inelmen, Emine M ^a   Enzi, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Clinica Geriatrica Ospedale Giustinianeo   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Elderly; Motor performance; Obesity; Underweight state

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; BODY MASS; CLIMBING; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 36849032371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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