| Title |
Developing a measure of muscular power during a functional task for older adults
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-14-145 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michelle Gray, Sally Paulson |
| Abstract |
Muscular power is an important aspect of many activities of daily living and declines at a faster rate than other fitness parameters (i.e. muscular strength and endurance). Assessing muscular power among older adults is problematic as many of the popular tests are contraindicated among older adults and field tests to assess muscular power among older adults have not been validated among older adults. Therefore, the aim of the present investigation was to determine the validity and reliability of a field test to measure of muscular power during a functional movement among community-dwelling older adults (≥ 65 years). |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
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| Unknown | 104 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 25 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 9% |
| Researcher | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 28 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Sports and Recreations | 21 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Psychology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 31 | 30% |
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