Exercise accelerates wound healing among healthy older adults: A preliminary investigation

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1432-1436

  Emery, Charles F ^a,b   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a,b   Glaser, Ronald ^a,b   Malarkey, William B ^a,b   Frid, David J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STRESS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 29144455865     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.11.1432     Document Type: Article

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