Physical activity and physical functioning in Swedish and Iranian 75-year-olds - A comparison

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 422-430

  Mosallanezhad, Zahra ^a,b   Hörder, Helena ^c   Salavati, Mahyar ^b   Nilsson Wikmar, Lena ^a   Frändin, Kerstin ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross cultural; Health; Old people; Physical activity; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FALLING; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRANIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDISH; VERTIGO; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; VERTIGO; WALKING;

EID: 84864960981     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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