The positives of negatives: Clinical implications of eccentric resistance exercise in old adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 417-418

  Hortobágyi, Tibor ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; ECCENTRIC RESISTANCE EXERCISE; EDITORIAL; ERGOMETER; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 0037738703     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.5.m417     Document Type: Editorial

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