Increased Velocity Exercise Specific to Task (InVEST) Training: A Pilot Study Exploring Effects on Leg Power, Balance, and Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 799-804

  Bean, Jonathan F ^a,b,c,d   Herman, Seth ^b   Kiely, Dan K ^b   Frey, Ingrid C ^b   Leveille, Suzanne G ^b   Fielding, Roger A ^a,c   Frontera, Walter R ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HRCA Research and Training Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Exercise; Mobility; Muscle power

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 2342655139     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52222.x     Document Type: Article

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