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| Sarcopenia and decreased muscle strength in the elderly woman: resistance training as a safe and effective intervention | | Author(s) | S Boyd Foster-Burns |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 11, no 4, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 75-85 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Musculoskeletal diseases ; Exercise ; Older women ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A principal component of age-related weakness and frailty in women is sarcopenia. This decrease in skeletal muscle mass is a progressive syndrome that will affect the quality of life for older women by decreasing the ability to perform many activities of daily living. This paper looks at the benefits of strength training for older women. Strength training is known to be an effective means of increasing muscular strength and size in many populations, and can be utilised successfully in older women up to the age of 96. Such exercise can minimise the syndrome of physical frailty due to decreased muscle mass and strength. It is suggested that any rehabilitation or exercise programme for older women would benefit from the inclusion of such a training regime. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000419405 A |
| Classmark | CL: CEA: BD: 7T |
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