Soft-tissue aging and musculoskeletal function.
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 75 (10) , 1533-1548
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199310000-00015
Abstract
Musculoskeletal impairments are among the most prevalent and symptomatic health problems of middle and old age [17,82,84,128]. By decreasing strength, restricting movement, and causing pain, musculoskeletal impairments prevent people who are middle-aged and older from making full use of their abilitKeywords
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