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Changes in knee extension peak torque and body composition and their relationship with change in gait speed

BACKGROUND: Slow gait speed is a powerful predictor of disability in activities of daily living and mortality. Muscle strength and body composition change over time, but their changes differ by sex. How these parameters jointly affect gait speed decline is unknown. Understanding this association cou...

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Autores principales: Osawa, Yusuke, Chiles Shaffer, Nancy, Shardell, Michelle D., Studenski, Stephanie A., Ferrucci, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31273957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12458