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- Title
Effects of Exercise on Strength and Mobility in Residents of Assisted Living Communities: Pilot Study Trends.
- Authors
Johnson, Timothy R.; Tietjen-Smith, Tara; Smith, Steve W.; McPhee, Scott D.
- Abstract
Discusses the results of a study on the therapeutic effects of exercise on the aging process. Background on the mobility portion of the study where the strength measures were performed on the HF Star stockinet resistance machine manufactured by Henley Healthcare; Use of the NuSTEP Total Body Recumbent Stepper, manufactured by NuSTEP, in the study; Information on the downward trajectory which occurs as age increases.
- Subjects
EXERCISE therapy; AGING; MOBILITY of older people; MUSCLE strength testing; ISOKINETIC exercise; GERONTOLOGY
- Publication
TAHPERD Journal, 2005, Vol 73, Issue 3, p14
- ISSN
0889-0846
- Publication type
Article