Gait Variability Related to Muscle Quality and Muscle Power Output in Frail Nonagenarian Older Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 162-167

  Martinikorena, Ion ^a   Martínez Ramírez, Alicia ^a   Gómez, Marisol ^a   Lecumberri, Pablo ^a   Casas Herrero, Alvaro ^b   Cadore, Eduardo L ^c   Millor, Nora ^a   Zambom Ferraresi, Fabricio ^a   Idoate, Fernando ^d   Izquierdo, Mikel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Clinica San Miguel   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frailty; Gait variability; Inertial sensors; Muscle power; Muscle quality

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOME FOR THE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84959089763     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.09.015     Document Type: Article

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