Resistance exercise combined with essential amino acid supplementation improved walking ability in elderly people

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-339

  Kawada, Shigeo ^a,b,c   Okamoto, Y ^a   Ogasahara, K ^a   Yanagisawa, S ^a   Ohtani, M ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Life Health and Sports Sciences ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; ergogenic aids; muscle function; training; walking speed

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PSOAS MAJOR MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSOAS MUSCLES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 84885056794     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.100.2013.008     Document Type: Article

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