Resistance training and executive functions: A 12-month randomized controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-178

  Liu Ambrose, Teresa ^a,b   Nagamatsu, Lindsay S ^a,b   Graf, Peter ^a,b   Beattie, B Lynn ^a,b   Ashe, Maureen C ^b   Handy, Todd C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MEMORY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 75749096280     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.494     Document Type: Article

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