Sustained cognitive and economic benefits of resistance training among community-dwelling senior women: A 1-year follow-up study of the brain power study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2036-2038

  Davis, Jennifer C ^a   Marra, Carlo A ^a   Beattie, B Lynn ^a,b   Robertson, M Clare ^c   Najafzadeh, Mehdi ^a   Graf, Peter ^a,b   Nagamatsu, Lindsay S ^b   Liu Ambrose, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTENTION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MUSCLE TONUS; ODDS RATIO; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 78650165940     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.462     Document Type: Letter

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