Can progressive resistance training twice a week improve mobility, muscle strength, and quality of life in very elderly nursing-home residents with impaired mobility? A pilot study

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 443-448

  Krist, Lilian ^a   Dimeo, Fernando ^a   Keil, Thomas ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Mobility; Muscle strength; Nursing home; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED MOBILITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VERY ELDERLY;

ELDERLY; MOBILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NURSING HOME; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876581939     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S42136     Document Type: Article

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