Six-year prospective study of physical fitness and incidence of disability among community-dwelling Japanese elderly women

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Tainaka, Koji ^a   Takizawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Katamoto, Shizuo ^b   Aoki, Junichiro ^b  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Long term care; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; AGILITY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; JAPANESE; JOINT MOBILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61549096020     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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