Medical Reserch and Education ›› 2014, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 80-84.

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Advances on muscle strength training in elderly people

ZHANG Yunjiao, HU Jingping   

  1. College of Nursing Science of Hebei University, Baoding 071000, China
  • Online:2014-10-25 Published:2014-10-25

Abstract: With the development of aging society, the physical functional ability of older adult declined, especially for the muscle strength. The declining of muscle strength of elderly people made seriously effects on their activities of daily living and exercise capacity, which obviously increased the rates of disability and prevalence. Muscle strength training was efficient in improving muscle strength and delayed the process of aging. Subsequently, the quality of life of the elderly people would have a significant improvement. By reviewing the literature about muscle strength training of elderly people, we mainly reviewed the physiological changes, training mechanism, and muscle strength training methods. Then, we made our opinions, which would have a base on developing comprehensive and comfortable training methods for the elderly people.

Key words: elderly people, muscle strength training, training mechanism

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