Effects of training on functional performance in 65, 75 and 85 year-old women: Experiences deriving from community based studies in Odense, Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-76

  Puggaard, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Functional performance; Maximal oxygen uptake; Multi component training; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; AGED; AWARENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RHYTHM; SENESCENCE; TRAINING; TRUNK; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; INTERVENTION STUDY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038137390     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.00302.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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