Age differences in hand grip power in the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Aoki, Hiroki ^a   Demura, Shinichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle power; The hand grip strength in elderly; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VELOCITY;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953112950     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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