Water- versus land-based exercise in elderly subjects: Effects on physical performance and body composition

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1109-1117

  Bergamin, Marco ^a   Ermolao, Andrea ^a   Tolomio, Silvia ^a   Berton, Linda ^a   Sergi, Giuseppe ^a   Zaccaria, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Multimodality exercise; Muscle mass; Performance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AQUATIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FOREARM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCRATCHING; SWIMMING POOL; THERMAL SPRING; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; IMMERSION; ITALY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; ITALY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84883256082     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S44198     Document Type: Article

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