Sarcopenia, cardiopulmonary fitness, and physical disability in community-dwelling elderly people

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1277-1287

  Chien, Meng Yueh ^a   Kuo, Hsu Ko ^b   Wu, Ying Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 77956899748     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090322     Document Type: Article

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