Sarcopenia and predictors of the fat free mass index in community-dwelling and assisted-living older men and women

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-185

  Krause, Katherine E ^a,b   McIntosh, Emily I ^a   Vallis, Lori Ann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b titulaire de la chaire de recherche Schlegel en soins primaires chez les aînés au Schlegel UW Research Institute for Aging et professeure clinique agrégée à la Faculté de médecine familiale de l'Université McMaster à Hamilton   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Fat free mass index; Gait; Older adults; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX; FAT FREE MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM PEAK TORQUE NORMALIZED TO BODY MASS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84856662989     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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