Low physical fitness levels in older adults with ID: Results of the HA-ID study

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1048-1058

  Hilgenkamp, Thessa I M ^a,b   van Wijck, Ruud ^c   Evenhuis, Heleen M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Abrona ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fitness; Intellectual disabilities; Older adults; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REFERENCE VALUE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857201694     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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