Sensory and motor peripheral nerve function and longitudinal changes in quadriceps strength

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 464-470

  Ward, Rachel E ^a   Boudreau, Robert M ^a   Caserotti, Paolo ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Zivkovic, Sasa ^d   Goodpaster, Bret H ^e   Satterfield, Suzanne ^f   Kritchevsky, Stephen ^g   Schwartz, Ann V ^h   Vinik, Aaron I ⁱ   Cauley, Jane A ^a   Newman, Anne B ^a   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor neurons; Muscle weakness; Peripheral nerve function; Sensory function; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; VIBRATION;

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84926678409     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu183     Document Type: Article

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