The effect of later-life health promotion on functional performance and body composition

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 454-460

  Wong, Chek Hooi ^a,c   Wong, Sweet Fun ^b   Yusoff, Azizah Mohd ^b   Karunananthan, Sathya ^c   Bergman, Howard ^c,d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Functional performance; Health promotion; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 57749092715     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325152     Document Type: Article

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