Home-based circuit training for elderly women: An exploratory investigation

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 47-60

  Ashmead, Jon C ^a   Bocksnick, Jochen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home based exercise; Muscular endurance; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449112322     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v26n04_05     Document Type: Article

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