Weighted stair climbing in mobility-limited older people: A pilot study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 663-670

  Bean, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Herman, Seth ^b   Kiely Mph, Dan K ^b   Callahan, Damien ^c   Mizer, Kelly ^c   Frontera, Walter R ^a   Fielding, Roger A ^c  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Mobility; Muscle power; Physical performance; Stair climbing

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; WALKING;

AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 0036218206     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50160.x     Document Type: Article

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