Sex impacts the relation between body composition and physical function in older adults

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 518-523

  Valentine, Rudy J ^a   Misic, Mark M ^a   Rosengren, Karl S ^a   Woods, Jeffrey A ^a   Evans, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance.; Body composition; Fitness; Gait; Sex

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOME; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STABILOGRAPHY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67649863819     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31818c931f     Document Type: Article

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