Lean Body Mass Associated with Upper Body Strength in Healthy Older Adults While Higher Body Fat Limits Lower Extremity Performance and Endurance

Impaired strength adversely influences an older person’s ability to perform activities of daily living. A cross-sectional study of 117 independently living men and women (age = 73.4 ± 9.4 year; body mass index (BMI) = 27.6 ± 4.8 kg/m(2)) aimed to assess the association between body composition and:...

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Autores principales: Charlton, Karen, Batterham, Marijka, Langford, Kelly, Lateo, Jenna, Brock, Erin, Walton, Karen, Lyons-Wall, Philippa, Eisenhauer, Katie, Green, Nick, McLean, Cameron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26343709
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7095327

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26343709
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7095327

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