Clustering of strength, physical function, muscle, and adiposity characteristics and risk of disability in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 781-787

  Cawthon, Peggy M ^a   Fox, Kathleen M ^b   Gandra, Shravanthi R ^c   Delmonico, Matthew J ^d   Chiou, Chiun Fang ^c   Anthony, Mary S ^c   Caserotti, Paolo ^e   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^f   Newman, Anne B ^g   Goodpaster, Bret H ^g   Satterfield, Suzanne ^h   Cummings, Steven R ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Strategic Healthcare Solutions LLC   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; lean mass; muscle; sarcopenia; strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 79956038503     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03389.x     Document Type: Article

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