Association between executive function and physical performance in older Korean adults: Findings from the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Huh, Yoonseok ^a   Yang, Eun Joo ^a   Lee, Seung Ah ^a   Lim, Jae Young ^a   Kim, Ki Woong ^a   Paik, Nam Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Executive function of aged; Muscle strength in elderly; Physical performance of elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 79953117145     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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