Trajectory stability and factors affecting trajectories over time of the longitudinal age-related change in physical performance among older people

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-376

  Lin, Kuan Chia ^a   Chi, Lin Yang ^b   Twisk, Jos W R ^c,d   Lee, Hui Lan ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79957556112     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2011.572061     Document Type: Article

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