<b> Impact of 12 weeks of resistance training on physical and functional fitness in elderly women. </b> http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1980-0037.2013v15n2p145

• Main Authors: Aline Mendes Gerage (Author), Renata S Borges Januário (Author), Matheus Amarante do Nascimento (Author), Fábio Luis Cheche Pina (Author), Edilson Serpeloni Cyrino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of the study was to analyze the impact of 12 weeks of resistance training (RT) on physical functional fitness in elderly women. Fifty-one elderly women (66.1±4.4 years), apparently healthy, insufficiently active, and without prior experience in RT were randomly assigned into two groups...