Effects of high-intensity resistance training on untrained older men. I. Strength, cardiovascular, and metabolic responses

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages

  Hagerman, Fredrick C ^a   Walsh, Seamus J ^a   Staron, Robert S ^a   Hikida, Robert S ^a   Gilders, Roger M ^a   Murray, Thomas F ^a   Toma, Kumika ^a   Ragg, Kerry E ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0033937124     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.7.B336     Document Type: Article

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