Relationship between muscle mass and physical performance: Is it the same in older adults with weak muscle strength?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 799-803

  Kim, Kyoung Eun ^a   Jang, Soong nang ^b   Lim, Soo ^c   Park, Young Joo ^c   Paik, Nam Jong ^c   Kim, Ki Woong ^c   Jang, Hak Chul ^c   Lim, Jae Young ^c  

^a Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Muscle strength; Older adults; Physical performance; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84867797443     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs115     Document Type: Article

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