Association between Physical Activity Levels and Physiological Factors Underlying Mobility in Young, Middle-Aged and Older Individuals Living in a City District

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Laudani, Luca ^a   Vannozzi, Giuseppe ^a   Sawacha, Zimi ^b   della Croce, Ugo ^c   Cereatti, Andrea ^c   Macaluso, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY FITNESS; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CYCLING; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HABIT; HUMAN; JUMPING; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTENSITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY VOLUME; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SITTING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURE; TORQUE; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84883637694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074227     Document Type: Article

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