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Cortisol Awakening Response and Walking Speed in Older People

Cortisol Awakening Response and Walking Speed in Older People

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Cortisol Awakening Response and Walking Speed in Older People

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Full title

Cortisol Awakening Response and Walking Speed in Older People

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2016-05, Vol.11 (5), p.e0152071-e0152071

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

In older people, less diurnal variability in cortisol levels has been consistently related to worse physical performance, especially to slower walking speed (WS). The cortisol awakening response (CAR) is a discrete component of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis that has been related to several health problems, such as cardiovascular disease a...

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Cortisol Awakening Response and Walking Speed in Older People

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1789766279

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1789766279

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0152071

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