Effects of a partially supervised training program in subjects over 75 years of age

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-180

  Capodaglio, Paolo ^a   Ferri, Alessandra ^b   Scaglioni, Gil ^c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Muscle strength; Training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 27644557735     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324593     Document Type: Article

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