Association between site-specific muscle loss of lower body and one-leg standing balance in active women: The HIREGASAKI study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 381-387

  Abe, Takashi ^a,d   Ogawa, Madoka ^d   Loenneke, Jeremy P ^b   Thiebaud, Robert S ^b   Loftin, Mark ^c   Mitsukawa, Naotoshi ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d Toyo Gakuen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; B mode ultrasound; Physical function; Site specific sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JAPANESE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER LEG; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84897533463     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12112     Document Type: Article

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