Strength and endurance training prescription in healthy and frail elderly

Aging and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-195

  Cadore, Eduardo Lusa ^a,b,c   Pinto, Ronei Silveira ^c   Bottaro, M ^b   Izquierdo, Mikel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Frailty; Functional outcomes; Power output; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916932556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21525250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14336/AD.2014.0500183     Document Type: Review

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