Self-paced resistance training and walking exercise in community- dwelling older adults: Effects on neuromotor performance

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Rooks, Daniel S ^a,c   Kiel, Douglas P ^a,b   Parsons, Christopher ^a   Hayes, Wilson C ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 0030960463     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.3.M161     Document Type: Article

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