Mobility performance and its sensory, psychomotor and musculoskeletal determinants from age 75 to age 80

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Sakari, Ritva ^a   Era, Pertti ^b   Rantanen, Taina ^a   Leskinen, Esko ^a   Laukkanen, Pia ^c   Heikkinen, Eino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Metitur Ltd   (Finland)

^c Center for Care and Rehabilitation for War Veterans   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Mobility; Muscle strength; Prospective study; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RANGE OF MOTION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY EVALUATION; STANDING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 77951809941     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324815     Document Type: Article

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