Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 169-172 , September 2010

The efficacy of home-based muscle training for the elderly osteoporotic women: The effects of daily muscle training on quality of life (QoL)

  • Akiko Kanemaru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazumi Arahata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    • ,
  • Takashi Ohta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    • ,
  • Takayuki Katoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    • ,
  • Haruki Tobimatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshiyuki Horiuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Toshima Hospital 33-1 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5375 1234; fax: +81 3 5944 3506.

Received 31 March 2009 ,Revised 28 September 2009 ,Accepted 2 October 2009.

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PII: S0167-4943(09)00258-1

doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.10.003

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 169-172 , September 2010

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