Clinical relevance of different muscle strength indexes and functional impairment in women aged 75 years and older

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 811-819

  Barbat Artigas, Sébastien ^a,b   Rolland, Yves ^c,d   Cesari, Matteo ^d,e,f   Abellan Van Kan, Gabor ^c   Vellas, Bruno ^c,d   Aubertin Leheudre, Mylène ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability evaluation; Mobility limitation; Muscle strength; Women.

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOPENIA; SELF REPORT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WOMEN.;

AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; WOMEN.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOPENIA; SELF REPORT; WALKING;

EID: 84882952634     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls254     Document Type: Article

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