Exercise: Effects on physical functional performance in independent older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Elaine Cress, M ^a   Buchner, David M ^b,d   Questad, Kent A ^c   Esselman, Peter C ^c   DeLateur, Barbara J ^e   Schwartz, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033051657     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.5.m242     Document Type: Article

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