A 1-year combined weight-bearing training program is beneficial for bone mineral density and neuromuscular function in older women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1117-1123

  Englund, Undis ^a   Littbrand, Håkan ^a   Sondell, Anna ^a   Pettersson, Ulrika ^b   Bucht, Gustaf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Neuromuscular improvement; Training; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 24044448995     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-004-1821-0     Document Type: Article

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