Cargando…

Effect of progressive resistance exercise on strength evolution of elderly patients living with HIV compared to healthy controls

OBJECTIVES: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection worsens the frailty of elderly people, compromising their quality of life. In this study we prospectively evaluated eleven patients living with HIV and 21 controls older than 60 years and without prior regular physical activity, who engaged in...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: de Souza, Paula Maria Loiola, Jacob-Filho, Wilson, Santarém, José Maria, Zomignan, Adriana Almeida, Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21484044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322011000200014