Is lower extremity strength gain associated with improvement in physical performance and disability in frail, community-dwelling elders?
Open Access
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Vol. 79 (1) , 24-30
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-9993(98)90202-7
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