Prospective associations between ambulatory activity, body composition and muscle function in older adults

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Scott, D ^a   Blizzard, L ^a   Fell, J ^b   Jones, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body fat; Exercise; Muscle strength; Pedometer

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASMANIA;

EID: 82455185103     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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