Improving cardiovascular fitness by strength or endurance training in women aged 76-78 years. A population-based, randomized controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-254

  Kallinen, Mauri ^a   Sipilä, Sarianna ^b   Alen, Markku ^c,d   Suominen, Harri ^d  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Berner Ltd   (Finland)

^c Peurunka Medical Rehabilitation and Physical Exercise Centre   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Cardiovascular fitness; Exercise; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRENGTH; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036045808     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.4.247     Document Type: Article

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