Applied physiology of strength and power in old age
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Angewandte Physiologie der Muskelkraft und -leistung in hohem Alter |
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| Autor: | Young, A.; Skelton, D.A. |
| Erschienen in: | International journal of sports medicine |
| Veröffentlicht: | 15 (1994), 3, S. 149-151, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0172-4622, 1439-3964 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-2007-1021037 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199406072173 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
The loss of strength and power in old age has important implications for health. Even with healthy elderly people, cross-sectional comparisons imply a loss of strength at some 1.5% per year and of power at some 3.5% per year (averaged across the age range 65 to 84). On the other had, healthy, very elderly people are at least as responsive to strength-training as younger adults. It is important to establish whether elderly people derive functional benefit from training-induced improvements in strength and whether laboratory measurements of strength and power might be sued to identify those elderly people most at risk of losing important, everyday functional abilities. Verf.-Referat