Effect of exercise training on peak aerobic power, left ventricular morphology, and muscle strength in healthy older women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-311

  Haykowsky, Mark ^a   McGavock, Jonathan ^a   Muhll, Isabelle Vonder ^a   Koller, Matthew ^a   Mandic, Sandra ^a   Welsh, Robert ^a   Taylor, Dylan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18244371053     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.3.307     Document Type: Article

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