Age and gender differences in physical capability levels from mid-life onwards: The harmonisation and meta-analysis of data from eight UK cohort studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Cooper, Rachel ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Sayer, Avan ^b   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^c   Birnie, Kate ^c   Cooper, Cyrus ^b,d   Craig, Leone ^e   Deary, Ian J ^f   Demakakos, Panayotes ^a   Gallacher, John ^g   McNeill, Geraldine ^e   Martin, Richard M ^c   Starr, John M ^f   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING SPEED; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WALKING;

HALCYON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155134323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027899     Document Type: Article

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