Short-term resistance training and the older adult: The effect of varied programmes for the enhancement of muscle strength and functional performance

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 305-313

  Henwood, Tim R ^a   Taaffe, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional ability; Gymnasium based; High velocity; Muscle function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLES; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747721458     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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