Resistance training program on functional independence of a elderly man with frontotemporal dementia: a case report.

To investigate the effects of a resistance training program on muscular strength, functional autonomy and body composition of an elderly man with frontotemporal dementia, was the objective of this study. A male volunteer with 80 years of age and 75.7 kg of body weight was participant of this study....

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Main Authors: Cláudio Joaquim Borba-Pinheiro, Nébia Maria Almeida de Figueiredo, André Walsh-Monteiro, Olavo Raimundo Macedo da Rocha Júnior, Carlos Soares Pernambuco, Marco Aurélio Oliveira, Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alicante 2013-09-01
Series:Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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Online Access:http://www.jhse.ua.es/jhse/article/view/487