Aging and Sports

Books

Sportmedizin – Grundlagen für Arbeit, Training und Pävention.
W Hollmann, T Hettinger: Schattauer, Stuttgart/New York 2000

Healthy aging, activity and sports – Proceedings. Health Promotions Publications,
G Huber (ed.)
Gamburg 1997

Physical activity, fitness, health, and aging
JM Hagberg: in
Bouchard, C., Shephard, R.J., Stephens, Th. (eds): Physical activity, fitness, and health.
Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign/II. 993 –1005, 1994

Reviews

Hurley BF, Hagberg JM:
Optimizing health in older persons: Aerobic or strength training?
Exerc Sport Sci Reviews 26, 61-89 (1998)

American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand:
Exercise and physical activity for older adults
Med Sci Sports Exerc 30, 992-1008 (1998)

Casch FW, Boyer JL, Van Camp S, Nettl F, Verity L S, Wallace JP:
Cardiovascular changes with age and exercise: a 28-year longitudinal study.
Scand Med Sci Sports 5, 147-155 (1995).

Fiatarone MA, Evans WJ:
The ethiology and reversibility of muscle dysfunction in the aged.
J Gerontol 48, 77-83 (1993)

Sarna S, Sahi T, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J:
Increase life expectancy of world class athletes.
Med. Sci. Sports Exerc 25, 237-243 (1993)

Brown DR:
Physical activity, aging and physiological well-being: an overview of the research.
Can J Spt 17 (3), 185-193 (1992)

Hollmann W, Rost R, Mader A, Liesen H:
Altern, Leistungsfähigkeit und Training.
Dt Ärztebl. 89 (38A), 3041-3054A (1992)

Keywords

aging health, fitness, physical activity, men-beeing, life-expectancy,healthy


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