Changes in physical activity and body composition in postmenopausal women over time

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1486-1492

  Sims, Stacy T ^a   Kubo, Jessica ^a   Desai, Manisha ^a   Bea, Jennifer ^b   Beasley, Jeannette M ^c   Manson, Joann E ^d   Allison, Matthew ^e   Seguin, Rebecca A ^f   Chen, Zhao ^b   Michael, Yvonne L ^g   Sullivan, Shannon D ^h   Beresford, Shirley ⁱ   Stefanick, Marcia L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; exercise; Lean MASS changes; sarcopenia; women

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880573845     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31828af8bd     Document Type: Article

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