Repeated sit-to-stand exercise enhances muscle strength and reduces lower body muscular demands in physically frail elders.

CONCLUSION: For physically frail elders, a short-term conditioning program consisting of repeated sit-to-stand exercise is effective in increasing knee extensor strength and reducing the muscular effort required for lowering and raising the body. PMID: 30593854 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30593854?dopt=Abstract

Source: Experimental Gerontology - December 26, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Fujita E, Taaffe DR, Yoshitake Y, Kanehisa H Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research