Physical activity and respiratory muscle strength in elderly: a systematic review

Introduction The aging will inevitably bring some kind of functional decline in elderly, sarcopenia in this sense stands out because it damages the muscle function and extend also to the respiratory muscles. Objective Systematically review studies that have sought to compare the strength of respirat...

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Main Authors: Fabio Dutra Pereira, Wagner Oliveira Batista, Patrícia dos Santos Claro Fuly, Edmundo de Drummond Alves Junior, Elirez Bezerra da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora Champagnat
Series:Fisioterapia em Movimento
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-51502014000100129&lng=en&tlng=en