Physical performance and daily walking duration: Associations in 1271 women and men aged 65-90 years

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-460

  Rapp, Kilian ^a,b   Klenk, Jochen ^a,b   Benzinger, Petra ^b   Franke, Sebastian ^a   Denkinger, Michael D ^c   Peter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Older persons; Physical performance; Walking duration

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GERMANY; GRIP STRENGTH; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCREENING; STANDING; TIME; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84874597859     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/8264     Document Type: Article

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