CAUSAL STRUCTURE BETWEEN MUSCLE, MOTOR AND LIVING FUNCTIONS IN COMMUNITY DWELLING ELDERS

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine Vol. 52; no. Supplement; pp. 213 - 224
• Main Authors: NISHIJIMA, TAKAHIKO, SUZUKI, KOYA, OHTSUKA, KEISUKE, TANAKA, HIDENORI, NAKANO, TAKAHIRO, TAKAHASHI, SHINJI, TABUCHI, HIROTAKA, YAMADA, HIROSHI, KAGAYA, ATSUKO, FUKUNAGA, TETSUO, KUNO, SHIN-YA, MATSUDA, MITSUO
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine 01.01.2003
• Subjects: Activities; activities of daily living (ADL); factor invariance; functional fitness; physical fitness; structural equation modeling

The purpose of this study was to confirm the causal structure model of muscle, motor and living functions utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM) . As subjects, 103 community-dwelling older men and women, aged 65.7±6.9years of age, participated in the study to measure muscle cross-sectional are...