Adaptations to endurance training in the healthy elderly: Arm cranking versus leg cycling

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 723-731

  Pogliaghi, Silvia ^a   Terziotti, P ^a   Cevese, A ^a   Balestreri, F ^b   Schena, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Arm exercise; Physical conditioning; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; AGING; AIR CONDITIONING; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARM; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 33746605637     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0229-2     Document Type: Article

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