Physical function, physical activity and recent falls. Results from the "Invecchiamento e Longevità nel Sirente (ilSIRENTE)" Study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-241

  Mangani, Irene ^a,b   Cesari, Matteo ^b,c   Russo, Andrea ^c   Onder, Graziano ^c   Maraldi, Cinzia ^b   Zamboni, Valentina ^c   Marchionni, Niccolò ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^c   Pahor, Marco ^b   Landi, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand grip strength; Physical activity; Physical performance; Recent falls; Usual gait speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGEVITY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; SITTING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 48449089836     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324778     Document Type: Article

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