Effects of resistance training on activities of daily living in older women

Biology of Sport

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-336

  Rabelo, H T ^a   Oliveira, R J ^a,b   Bottaro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b UCB Campus Universitário I ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional abilities; Muscular strength; Resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 12344319348     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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