Health-related quality of life in relation to walking habits and fitness: A population-based study of 75-year-olds

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1213-1223

  Hörder, Helena ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Frändin, Kerstin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Gait speed; Mediator; Physical activity; Physical function; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAIT; HABIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; WALKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885175479     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0267-7     Document Type: Article

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