Aging, functional capacity and eccentric exercise training

Aging and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 351-363

  Gault, Mandy L ^a   Willems, Mark E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Eccentric exercise; Functional ability; Muscle damage; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899573661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21525250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400351     Document Type: Review

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