Once-weekly resistance exercise improves muscle strength and neuromuscular performance in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1208-1214

  Taaffe, Dennis R ^a,c   Duret, Camille ^a   Wheeler, Steve ^a   Marcus, Robert ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Muscle strength; Older people; Training frequencies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032849080     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05201.x     Document Type: Article

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