The relationship between physical fitness and ambulatory activity in very elderly women with normal functioning and functional limitations

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Yoshida, Daisuke ^a,b   Nakagaichi, Masaki ^c   Saito, Kazuto ^a   Wakui, Sawako ^a   Yoshitake, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory activity; Functional capacity; Physical fitness; Very elderly women

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 78649975313     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.29.211     Document Type: Article

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