Strength training and muscle hypertrophy in older men and women

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 41-46

  Lexell, Jan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle; Muscle tiber types; Muscular atrophy; Physical fitness; Physiologic adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING;

EID: 0034053996     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200003000-00007     Document Type: Article

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