Task-specific resistance training to improve the ability of activities of daily living-impaired older adults to rise from a bed and from a chair

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1418-1427

  Alexander, Neil B ^a,b,c,e   Galecki, Andrzej T ^a,c   Grenier, Martina L ^b   Nyquist, Linda V ^c   Hofmeyer, Mark R ^b   Grunawalt, Julie C ^b   Medell, Judi L ^b   Fry Welch, Donna ^d  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^e Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; REACTION TIME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0035153371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.4911232.x     Document Type: Article

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