Hormone replacement therapy does not augment gains in muscle strength or fat-free mass in response to weight-bearing exercise

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Brown, Marybeth ^a   Birge, Stanley J ^a   Kohrt, Wendy M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0030910982     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.3.B166     Document Type: Article

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