caa a22 4500 469054255 CHVBK 20180323132838.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00602356 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00602356 Muscle strength according to level of physical exercise and educational background in middle-aged women in Finland [Elektronische Daten] [Taina Rantanen, Terttu Parkatti, Eino Heikkinen] Summary: The aim of this study was to examine the role of socio-economic status and the practice of physical exercise in explaining variation in muscle strength in 50 to 60-year-old women. Consequently, four study groups combining education and physical activity were formed: (1) university education, physically active; (2) university education, sedentary; (3) vocational or lower level of education, physically active; (4) vocational or lower level of education, sedentary. Maximal isometric strength of hand grip, arm flexion, body flexion and extension as well as dynamic power of the abdominal muscles were measured in 112 women. The results of the maximal isometric strength measurements were standardised by body mass index. The means of the maximal isometric strength results and sit-up tests were compared between the groups using two-way analysis of variance. The physically active women performed better than the sedentary in both the isometric and dynamic tests. Greater muscle strength was also found among the more highly educated compared with the less educated. The less educated sedentary women showed the poorest performance in the strength tests. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Muscle strength nationallicence Middle age nationallicence Physical activity nationallicence Education nationallicence Women nationallicence Rantanen Taina Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskyla, P.O. Box 35, SF-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland aut Parkatti Terttu Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskyla, P.O. Box 35, SF-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland aut Heikkinen Eino Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskyla, P.O. Box 35, SF-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland aut European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology Springer-Verlag 65/6(1992-11-01), 507-512 0301-5548 65:6<507 1992 65 421 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00602356 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00602356 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rantanen Taina Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskyla, P.O. Box 35, SF-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parkatti Terttu Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskyla, P.O. Box 35, SF-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Heikkinen Eino Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskyla, P.O. Box 35, SF-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology Springer-Verlag 65/6(1992-11-01), 507-512 0301-5548 65:6<507 1992 65 421 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer