The benefits of strength training in the elderly

Science and Sports

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Frontera, Walter R ^a   Bigard, Xavier ^b  

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

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Myosin; Resistance training; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRENGTH; TRAINING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0036260404     PISSN: 07651597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0765-1597(02)00135-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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