The initial effects of low-volume strength training on balance in untrained older men and women

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-128

  Bellew, James W ^a,b   Yates, James W ^c   Gater, David R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Sports Science Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Gender; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0037295260     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0121:TIEOLV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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