Is power training or conventional resistance training better for function in elderly persons? A meta-analysis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Tschopp, Marielle ^a   Sattelmayer, Martin Karl ^b   Hilfiker, Roger ^b  

^a Physiotherapie Tschopp ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional limitations; Older people; Power training; Resistance training; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY; CONVENTIONAL RESISTANCE TRAINING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POWER TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 80051714843     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr005     Document Type: Review

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