Effects of resistance training frequency on muscle strength, activity and mass during a 24-week intervention in the elderly
Elderly populations are increasingly affected by sarcopenia, dynapenia and osteoporosis. They all increase frailty and decrease quality of life and life-expectancy. Resistance training (RT) has been reported extensively as a tool that can prevent, counter and in some cases reverse the course of the...
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| Format: | Master's thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/51632 |