Exercise training guidelines for the elderly

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-17

  Evans, William J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Fat free mass; Muscle mass; Soft tissue; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOFT TISSUE; TRAINING;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GUIDELINES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0032955608     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199901000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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