Rising energetic cost of walking predicts gait speed decline with aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 947-953

  Schrack, Jennifer A ^a,b   Zipunnikov, Vadim ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Studenski, Stephanie ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional performance; Gait; Metabolism; Physical function; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BALTIMORE; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84979300027     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glw002     Document Type: Article

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