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2009-01-01

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Exercise to remediate impaired endurance, joint dysfunction, and impaired mobility is a mainstay of physical therapy practice for older adults.1 Common modes of exercise include aerobic, strengthening, and balance/flexibility programs. In the past 20 years, much has been learned about the benefits of strengthening.2–5 Muscle weakness, termed sarcopenia6 and dynapenia7, is a normal age-related phenomenon, occurring...

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DOI: 10.1519/00139143-200932040-00002

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