Muscle Strength Rather Than Muscle Mass Is Associated With Standing Balance in Elderly Outpatients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 493-498

  Bijlsma, Astrid Y ^a,b   Pasma, Jantsje H ^b   Lambers, Dorine ^b   Stijntjes, Marjon ^a,b   Blauw, Gerard Jan ^b,c   Meskers, Carel G M ^b   Maier, Andrea B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Muscle; Postural balance; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTPATIENT; STANDING;

EID: 84879601209     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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