Training functional ability in old age

Physiotherapy

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Skelton, Dawn A ^a   McLaughlin, Ann W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Exercise physiology; Strength; Training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRENGTH; TRAINING;

EID: 0030004488     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66916-7     Document Type: Article

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