Chronic exercise and skeletal muscle power in older men

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-195

  Dreyer, Hans C ^a   Schroeder, E Todd ^a   Hawkins, Steven A ^b   Marcell, Taylor J ^c   Tarpenning, Kyle M ^d   Vallejo, Alberto F ^a   Jensky, Nicole E ^a   Shaibi, Gabriel Q ^a   Spears, Stefany ^a   Yamada, Ryan ^a   Wiswell, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Resistance training; Running; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33746590631     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H05-014     Document Type: Article

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