Lower extremity power training in elderly subjects with mobility limitations: A randomized controlled trial

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Reid, Kieran F ^a   Callahan, Damien M ^b   Carabello, Robert J ^a   Phillips, Edward M ^a,c   Frontera, Walter R ^c,d   Fielding, Roger A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Power training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH VELOCITY HIGH POWER TRAININ; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG EXERCISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLOW VELOCITY PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE TRAINING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 50049100006     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324865     Document Type: Article

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