Sex, age, season, and habitual physical activity of older Japanese: The Nakanojo study

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-13

  Yasunaga, Akitomo ^a   Togo, Fumiharu ^b   Watanabe, Eiji ^b   Park, Hyuntae ^b   Park, Sungjin ^b   Shephard, Roy J ^c   Aoyagi, Yukitoshi ^b  

^a BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Pedometer accelerometer; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE; HABIT; JAPAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 40449138002     PISSN: 10638652     EISSN: 1543267X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/japa.16.1.3     Document Type: Article

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