Ambulatory activity, body composition, and lower-limb muscle strength in older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-389

  Scott, David ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Fell, James ^b   Jones, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Body fat; Leg strength; Pedometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PEDOMETER; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; WALKING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 65449131127     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181882c85     Document Type: Article

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