Muscle quality and relative adiposity are the strongest predictors of lower-extremity physical function in older women

Maturitas

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-99

  Straight, Chad R ^a   Brady, Anne O ^b   Evans, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Muscle quality; Older adults; Physical activity; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; BODY MASS; ELDERLY CARE; LOWER LIMB; NURSING HOME; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NURSING HOMES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84918496429     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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