Sit-to-stand test: Performance and determinants across the age-span

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 235-240

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a   Bubela, Deborah J ^a   Magasi, Susan R ^b   Wang, Ying Chih ^c   Gershon, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; measurement; mobility; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIT TO STAND TEST; TORQUE;

EID: 78650432447     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IES-2010-0389     Document Type: Article

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