Physical Working Capacity at Fatigue Threshold (PWCFT) is Associated with Sarcopenia-Related Body Composition and Measures of Functionality in Older Adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-304

  Emerson, Nadia S ^a   Fukuda, David H ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^a   Robinson, Edward H ^a   McCormack, William P ^a   Scanlon, Tyler C ^a   Warren, Ashlee M ^a   Wells, Adam J ^a   Gonzalez, Adam M ^a   Mangine, Gerald T ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a   Hoffman, Jay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Neuromuscular function; Skeletal muscle index

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; LEAN TISSUE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOPENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WORK CAPACITY; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HAND STRENGTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84921634612     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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