The effects of a twenty-four-week aquatic training program on muscular strength performance in healthy elderly women

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 811-818

  Tsourlou, Thomai ^a   Benik, Athanasia ^a   Dipla, Konstantina ^a   Zafeiridis, Andreas ^a   Kellis, Spiros ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Functional fitness; Older adults; Resistance exercise; Water exercise

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLIABILITY; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 33845746897     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-18455.1     Document Type: Article

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