The role of energetic cost in the age-related slowing of gait speed

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1811-1816

  Schrack, Jennifer A ^a,b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Chaves, Paulo H M ^a,c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

energy expenditure; gait speed; physical function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT SPEED; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMOKING; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84867523247     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04153.x     Document Type: Article

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