The physical capability of community-based men and women from a British cohort: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Keevil, Victoria L ^a   Hayat, Shabina ^a   Dalzell, Nichola ^a   Moore, Stephanie ^a   Bhaniani, Amit ^a   Luben, Robert ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ag(e)ing; Hand strength; Physical capability; Sarcopenia; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84883619153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-93     Document Type: Article

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