Strength training and aging

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Brown, Marybeth ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Frailty; Mobility; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0034056818     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200003000-00004     Document Type: Article

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