Assessment of the best gait parameter in relation to bone status in community-dwelling young-old and old-old women in Japan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-161

  Sun, Wei ^a,b   Watanabe, Misuzu ^a   Tanimoto, Yoshimi ^a   Kono, Rei ^a   Saito, Masahisa ^a   Hirota, Chika ^a   Kono, Koichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone health in elderly; Daily walking steps; Maximum walking speed; Old old age group; Young old age group

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JAPAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349186471     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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