Age-related muscle atrophy in the lower extremities and daily physical activity in elderly women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ikezoe, Tome ^a   Mori, Natsuko ^a   Nakamura, Masatoshi ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related muscle atrophy; Daily physical activity; Elderly women; Lower limb muscles; Ultrasonographic assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MINIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LIFE SPACE ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960090342     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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