Effects of antioxidant supplements combined with resistance exercise on gains in fat-free mass in healthy elderly subjects: A pilot study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1766-1768

  Labonté, Mélissa ^a   Dionne, Isabelle J ^a   B̀ouchard, Danielle R ^a   Sénéchal, Martin ^a   Tessier, Daniel ^a,b   Khalil, Abdelouahed ^a,b   Bobeuf, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO;

AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51249086221     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01810.x     Document Type: Letter

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