Comparison between three strength development methods on body composition in healthy elderly women

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-119

  Paillard, T ^a,b   Lafont, C ^b   Costes Salon, M C ^b   Dupui, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Body composition; Body mass; Elderly; Electrical stimulation; Nutrition; Strength training; Volontary exercice

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TRAINING;

EID: 0242417641     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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