Obesity and Mobility in Advancing Age: Mechanisms and Interventions to Preserve Independent Mobility

Current Obesity Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-283

  Vincent, Heather K ^a   Mathews, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Inflammation; Mobility; Obesity; Resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FATTY ACID; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MALTODEXTRIN; OXYTOCIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; CATASTROPHIZING; CELL REGENERATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOTOXICITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; TRAINING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 85006037606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-013-0059-6     Document Type: Review

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