Muscle function and functional ability improves more in community-dwelling older women with a mixed-strength training programme

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-147

  Capodaglio, P ^a   Capodaglio, E M ^a   Ferri, A ^b   Scaglioni, G ^c   Marchi, A ^d   Saibene, F ^e  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional ability; Mixed strength training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BED; CHAIR; CLIMBING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELDERLY CARE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; LONG TERM CARE; MACHINE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14744284338     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi050     Document Type: Article

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