The age-dependent divergence of strength and coordinating parameters among men and women: The cross-sectional studies

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Wiacek, Magdalena ^a   Zubrzycki, Igor Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body strength; Gender dependent aging; Kinesthetic differentiation; Postural balance; Reaction to signals; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POLAND; POSTURAL BALANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77957358843     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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