Exercise and physical activity for older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1510-1530

  Chodzko Zajko, Wojtek J ^a   Proctor, David N ^a   Fiatarone Singh, Maria A ^a   Minson, Christopher T ^a   Nigg, Claudio R ^a   Salem, George J ^a   Skinner, James S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLON CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STROKE; WELLBEING; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650330181     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a0c95c     Document Type: Review

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