Effects of high-speed power training on functional capacity and muscle performance in older women

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-255

  Pereira, Ana ^a,b   Izquierdo, Mikel ^d   Silva, António J ^a,b   Costa, Aldo M ^b,c   Bastos, Estela ^a   Gonzalez Badillo J J ^e   Marques, Mário C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^d PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aging; Power output; Resistance training; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 84857043347     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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