Open AccessAdiposity of Elderly Women and Its Relationship with Self-reported and Observed Physical Performance
Author(s) -
Richard W. Bohan,
Patrick J. Brennan,
Linda S. Pescatello,
Lisa Marschke,
Scott Hasson,
Mary Murphy
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of geriatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.185
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2152-0895
pISSN - 1539-8412
DOI - 10.1519/00139143-200504000-00002
Subject(s) - waist , body mass index , medicine , physical therapy , obesity , gerontology , circumference , physical activity , geometry , mathematics
There is a societal trend toward increasing obesity and a natural tendency for physical performance to decrease with age. Our purpose was to describe the adiposity of elderly women participating in a health screening and to determine the relationship between their adiposity and both observed and self-reported physical performance.