Strength Training in the Elderly

Calcium's Role in Mechanotransduction during Muscle Development

2014 • 14,293 citations

The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure

1997 • 5,689 citations

Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults

2009 • 4,710 citations

Physical fitness and all-cause mortality. A prospective study of healthy men and women

1989 • 3,149 citations

Exercise Training and Nutritional Supplementation for Physical Frailty in Very Elderly People

1994 • 2,823 citations

Physical Fitness and All-Cause Mortality

1989 • 2,461 citations

High-intensity strength training in nonagenarians. Effects on skeletal muscle

1990 • 1,799 citations

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES

1985 • 1,729 citations

Hyperinsulinemia as an Independent Risk Factor for Ischemic Heart Disease

1996 • 1,727 citations

Physical Activity and Reduced Occurrence of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

1991 • 1,662 citations

High-Intensity Strength Training in Nonagenarians

1990 • 1,480 citations

Physical Activity and the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease

1987 • 1,471 citations

Strength conditioning in older men: skeletal muscle hypertrophy and improved function

1988 • 1,419 citations

Midlife Hand Grip Strength as a Predictor of Old Age Disability

1999 • 1,415 citations

Blood Pressure as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

1996 • 1,241 citations

Handbook of the Biology of Aging

1990 • 1,219 citations

Risk Factors for Falls in a Community-Based Prospective Study of People 70 Years and Older

1989 • 1,212 citations

ACSM Position Stand: Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults

1998 • 1,168 citations

Muscle strength and speed of movement in relation to age and muscle morphology

1979 • 1,149 citations

Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Plasma Glucose Levels in U.S. Population Aged 20–74 Yr

1987 • 1,072 citations

A randomized trial comparing aerobic exercise and resistance exercise with a health education program in older adults with knee osteoarthritis. The Fitness Arthritis and Seniors Trial (FAST)

1997 • 1,048 citations

Effects of High-Intensity Strength Training on Multiple Risk Factors for Osteoporotic Fractures

1994 • 963 citations

Leg extensor power and functional performance in very old men and women

1992 • 953 citations

Age and gender comparisons of muscle strength in 654 women and men aged 20–93 yr

1997 • 942 citations

A Randomized Trial Comparing Aerobic Exercise and Resistance Exercise With a Health Education Program in Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis

1997 • 868 citations

Skeletal muscle adaptations during early phase of heavy-resistance training in men and women

1994 • 795 citations

Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease in Healthy Persons with Hyperinsulinemia and Normal Glucose Tolerance

1989 • 792 citations

Hormonal and growth factor responses to heavy resistance exercise protocols

1990 • 698 citations

IGF-1 induces skeletal myocyte hypertrophy through calcineurin in association with GATA-2 and NF-ATc1

1999 • 651 citations

Preventing Frail Health

1992 • 639 citations

Myogenic Vector Expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor I Stimulates Muscle Cell Differentiation and Myofiber Hypertrophy in Transgenic Mice

1995 • 634 citations

Muscle quality. I. Age-associated differences between arm and leg muscle groups

1999 • 606 citations

Glucose Intolerance and Aging: Evidence for Tissue Insensitivity to Insulin

1979 • 594 citations

Function, morphology and protein expression of ageing skeletal muscle: a cross‐sectional study of elderly men with different training backgrounds

1990 • 569 citations

Abdominal obesity as important component of insulin-resistance syndrome.

1993 • 568 citations

Age-Associated Loss of Power and Strength in the Upper Extremities in Women and Men

1997 • 559 citations

Insulin resistance is a characteristic feature of primary hypertension independent of obesity

1990 • 535 citations

American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand. Exercise and physical activity for older adults.

1998 • 505 citations

Muscle hypertrophy response to resistance training in older women

1991 • 491 citations

A physiological comparison of young and older endurance athletes

1981 • 456 citations

Skeletal muscle hypertrophy is mediated by a Ca2+-dependent calcineurin signalling pathway

1999 • 450 citations

Lack of Association Between Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality and Morbidity and All-Cause Mortality in Persons Older Than 70 Years

1994 • 444 citations

Risk Factors for Falls in a Community-Based Prospective Study of People 70 Years and Older

1989 • 417 citations

Changes in Muscle Morphology, Electromyographic Activity, and Force Production Characteristics During Progressive Strength Training in Young and Older Men

1998 • 409 citations

The effect of aging on carbohydrate metabolism: A review of the English literature and a practical approach to the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in the elderly

1979 • 409 citations

Disability, physical activity, and muscle strength in older women: The women's health and aging study

1999 • 398 citations

Characterization of the insulin resistance of aging.

1983 • 395 citations

Localized infusion of IGF-I results in skeletal muscle hypertrophy in rats

1998 • 392 citations

Effects of resistance and endurance exercise on bone mineral status of young women: A randomized exercise intervention trial

1992 • 384 citations

Positive adaptations to weight-lifting training in the elderly

1990 • 372 citations

Muscle quality. II. Effects of strength training in 65- to 75-yr-old men and women

1999 • 370 citations

Potential for Gross Muscle Hypertrophy in Older Men

1980 • 368 citations

Satellite cell activity is required for hypertrophy of overloaded adult rat muscle

1994 • 364 citations

Neural adaptations with chronic physical activity

1997 • 346 citations

Increased energy requirements and changes in body composition with resistance training in older adults

1994 • 332 citations

Strength training and determinants of VO2max in older men

1990 • 328 citations

Influence of diet and exercise on skeletal muscle and visceral adipose tissue in men

1996 • 310 citations

Strength training increases resting metabolic rate and norepinephrine levels in healthy 50- to 65-yr-old men

1994 • 307 citations

Effects of resistance training on regional and total bone mineral density in premenopausal women: A randomized prospective study

1995 • 298 citations

Strength training increases insulin action in healthy 50- to 65-yr-old men

1994 • 290 citations

Insulin-like growth factor I in skeletal muscle after weight-lifting exercise in frail elders

1999 • 286 citations

Falls in the elderly: Part II, Balance, strength, and flexibility.

1990 • 286 citations

Knee osteoarthritis and physical functioning: evidence from the NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study.

1991 • 286 citations

Age and gender responses to strength training and detraining

2000 • 281 citations

Effect of growth hormone and resistance exercise on muscle growth in young men

1992 • 278 citations

Weight Training Improves Walking Endurance in Healthy Elderly Persons

1996 • 278 citations

Resistance Training Improves Insulin Sensitivity in NIDDM Subjects Without Altering Maximal Oxygen Uptake

1998 • 277 citations

Relationship of body composition, muscle strength, and aerobic capacity to bone mineral density in older men and women

1989 • 276 citations

The effects of a physical training program on patients with osteoarthritis of the knees

1998 • 273 citations

Disuse and aging.

1982 • 272 citations

Physical training and insulin sensitivity

1986 • 267 citations

Muscle Strength and Fiber Adaptations to a Year-long Resistance Training Program in Elderly Men and Women

1994 • 262 citations

Strength training increases regional bone mineral density and bone remodeling in middle-aged and older men

1993 • 261 citations

Age as Independent Determinant of Glucose Tolerance

1991 • 259 citations

Exercise-induced satellite cell activation in growing and mature skeletal muscle

1987 • 259 citations

Effects of Endurance Training on Glucose Tolerance and Plasma Lipid Levels in Older Men and Women

1984 • 252 citations

Prevention of falls in the elderly

1996 • 246 citations

Effects of strength training on total and regional body composition in older men

1994 • 244 citations

Effects of loading rate on strength of the proximal femur

1994 • 240 citations

Training-related enhancement in the control of motor output in elderly humans

1994 • 237 citations

Glucose tolerance in young and older athletes and sedentary men

1984 • 229 citations

Effect of exercise training on blood pressure in 70??? to 79-yr-old men and women

1991 • 224 citations

Changes in muscle fibre type, muscle mass and IGF‐I gene expression in rabbit skeletal muscle subjected to stretch

1997 • 218 citations

Determinants of Change in Total Cholesterol and HDL-C With Age: The Framingham Study

1994 • 215 citations

Effects of weight lifting on bone mineral density in premenopausal women

1990 • 208 citations

Weight-training effects on bone mineral density in early postmenopausal women

1992 • 208 citations

Association of Muscle Strength with Functional Status of Elderly People

1990 • 207 citations

Effect of strength training on resting metabolic rate and physical activity: age and gender comparisons

2001 • 206 citations

Estrogen therapy and variable-resistance weight training increase bone mineral in surgically menopausal women

1991 • 205 citations

Relationship Between Bone Mineral Density of Spine and Strength of Back Extensors in Healthy Postmenopausal Women

1986 • 205 citations

Resistive training can reduce coronary risk factors without altering &OV0312;O2max or percent body fat

1988 • 204 citations

Strength training effects on aerobic power and short-term endurance

1980 • 203 citations

Aerobic versus strength training for risk factor intervention in middle-aged men at high risk for coronary heart disease

1993 • 201 citations

Effects of High-Intensity Resistance Training on Untrained Older Men. I. Strength, Cardiovascular, and Metabolic Responses

2000 • 201 citations

Effects of Resistancevs.Aerobic Training Combined With an 800 Calorie Liquid Diet on Lean Body Mass and Resting Metabolic Rate

1999 • 200 citations

Effect of strength training on glucose tolerance and post-glucose insulin response

1984 • 195 citations

Effects of Muscle-Strength Training on the Functional Status of Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joint

1996 • 192 citations

Disuse and Aging

1982 • 186 citations

Effects of strength training on lactate threshold and endurance performance

1991 • 183 citations

Changes in Power with Resistance Training in Older and Younger Men and Women

1999 • 183 citations

Effects of high-intensity strength training on cardiovascular function

1984 • 180 citations

The Importance of Skeletal Muscle Strength to Physical Function in Older Adults

1991 • 180 citations

Adaptations in the elbow flexors of elderly males after heavy-resistance training

1993 • 178 citations

Reduction in intra-abdominal adipose tissue after strength training in older women

1995 • 176 citations

Degenerative Joint Disease

2006 • 175 citations

Failure of Exercise to Reduce Blood Pressure in Patients With Mild Hypertension

1991 • 175 citations

The effects of either high-intensity resistance or endurance training on resting metabolic rate

1992 • 174 citations

Long-term unilateral loading and bone mineral density and content in female squash players

1994 • 173 citations

Effect of radiation on satellite cell activity and protein expression in overloaded mammalian skeletal muscle

1997 • 167 citations

Resistive training increases fat-free mass and maintains RMR despite weight loss in postmenopausal women

1995 • 163 citations

The effects of hydraulic resistance strength training in pre-pubertal males

1986 • 162 citations

Weight Training Decreases Vertebral Bone Density in Premenopausal Women: A Prospective Study^*

1990 • 160 citations

Physical training effects on muscle morphology in sedentary males at different ages

1982 • 159 citations

Coimpairments: Strength and Balance as Predictors of Severe Walking Disability

1999 • 155 citations

Resistance Training in the Treatment of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

1997 • 153 citations

Strength training improves the steadiness of slow lengthening contractions performed by old adults

1999 • 151 citations

Strength training for the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia.

2000 • 151 citations

Serum Lipids and Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease

1996 • 149 citations

Aerobic Endurance Exercise or Circuit-Type Resistance Training for Individuals with Impaired Glucose Tolerance?

1998 • 146 citations

The effect of progressive resistance training in rheumatoid arthritis. Increased strength without changes in energy balance or body composition

1996 • 146 citations

Effects of progressive resistance training on growth hormone and testosterone levels in young and elderly subjects

1989 • 145 citations

Mobilization of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in response to energy restriction and exercise

1994 • 145 citations

Strength training effects on aerobic power and short-term endurance

1980 • 144 citations

Training can improve muscle strength and endurance in 78- to 84-yr-old men

1992 • 143 citations

Satellite cell response in rat soleus muscle undergoing hypertrophy due to surgical ablation of synergists

1990 • 142 citations

Weight-training-induced attenuation of the circulatory response of older males to weight lifting

1993 • 139 citations

Determinants of decline in resting metabolic rate in aging females

1993 • 136 citations

Health- and Performance-Related Potential of Resistance Training

1991 • 135 citations

Physiotherapy in osteoarthrosis of the knees: A Controlled Trial of Hospital Versus Home Exercises

1982 • 130 citations

Changes in body chemical composition with age measured by total-body neutron activation

1976 • 126 citations

To what extent is bone mass determined by fat-free or fat mass?

1995 • 125 citations

Overview of the association between insulin and atherosclerosis

1985 • 125 citations

Two-dimensional inverse problem in estimating heat fluxes of an enclosure with unknown internal heat sources

1994 • 124 citations

Effects of strength training on bone mineral density: hormonal and bone turnover relationships

1994 • 124 citations

Impaired Muscle Function with Aging A Background Factor in the Incidence of Fractures of the Proximal End of the Femur

1984 • 122 citations

Energy expenditure and substrate utilization in older women after strength training: 24-h calorimeter results

1995 • 122 citations

Lack of effect of recombinant human growth hormone (GH) on muscle morphology and GH-insulin-like growth factor expression in resistance-trained elderly men.

1996 • 121 citations

Effect of an 18-wk weight-training program on energy expenditure and physical activity

1997 • 120 citations

9 Cardiovascular, Neuromuscular, and Metabolic Alterations With Age Leading to Frailty

1993 • 120 citations

Randomized Crossover Study of Effect of Resistance Training on Glycemic Control, Muscular Strength, and Cholesterol in Type I Diabetic Men

1990 • 119 citations

Effects of Exercise Training Modality on Glucose Tolerance in Men with Abnormal Glucose Regulation

1994 • 117 citations

Effects of Strength Training on Muscle Hypertrophy and Muscle Cell Disruption in Older Men

1995 • 116 citations

Applied Physiology of Strength and Power in Old Age

1994 • 111 citations

The effect of age on insulin resistance and secretion: a review.

1996 • 111 citations

Resistive Training Increases Insulin Action in Postmenopausal Women

1996 • 106 citations

Effects of energy restriction and exercise on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue in women as measured by magnetic resonance imaging

1995 • 103 citations

Functional Consequences of Joint Impairment at Age 79

1985 • 102 citations

Effects of Exercise Training on Abdominal Obesity and Related Metabolic Complications

1996 • 101 citations

Feasibility of Improved Blood Glucose Control in Patients With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

1979 • 98 citations

A Study of Anyon Statistics by Breit Hamiltonian Formalism

1993 • 98 citations

The influence of high-resistance training on glucose tolerance in young and elderly subjects

1989 • 97 citations

Consensus Development Conference on Diet and Exercise in Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

1987 • 97 citations

10 Visceral Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Dyslipidemia

1997 • 94 citations

Strength Training Normalizes Resting Blood Pressure in 65‐ to 73‐Year‐Old Men and Women with High Normal Blood Pressure

1999 • 93 citations

The physical condition of elderly women differing in habitual physical activity

1993 • 91 citations

To what extent is bone mass determined by fat-free or fat mass?

1995 • 90 citations

Cardiovascular responses to short-term olympic style weight-training in young men.

1983 • 90 citations

Resistance exercise and growth hormone administration in older men: Effects on insulin sensitivity and secretion during a stable-label intravenous glucose tolerance test

1996 • 87 citations

Muscle function of the lower extremities in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis A descriptive study of patients in a primary health care district

1989 • 86 citations

Modulation of IGF mRNA abundance during stretch-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy and regression

1994 • 86 citations

EXERCISE IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS

1999 • 84 citations

Apolipoprotein E genotype and exercise training—induced increases in plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL)- and HDL2-cholesterol levels in overweight men

1999 • 84 citations

Exercise and NIDDM

1990 • 82 citations

Maximal motor unit discharge rates in the quadriceps muscles of older weight lifters

1999 • 81 citations

Modulation of intracellular calcium transients and dopamine release by neuropeptide Y in PC-12 cells

1994 • 80 citations

Endurance exercise training improves body composition and plasma insulin responses in 70- to 79-year-old men and women

1994 • 79 citations

Effects of exercise training on cardiovascular function and plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein concentrations in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.

1991 • 79 citations

Resistance Exercise Training Is Associated With Decreases in Serum Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Premenopausal Women

1993 • 79 citations

Light resistance and stretching exercise in elderly women: effect upon flexibility.

1988 • 76 citations

Relationships of age and sex with range of motion of seventeen joint actions in humans.

1981 • 75 citations

Resting energy metabolism and cardiovascular disease risk in resistance-trained and aerobically trained males

1992 • 74 citations

Trainability of Old Men

1965 • 73 citations

Deterioration of Glucose Tolerance with Age: The Role of Insulin Resistance

1991 • 73 citations

Effects of a resistive training program on lipoprotein???lipid levels in obese women

1991 • 73 citations

The quadriceps strength of healthy elderly people remeasured after eight years

1993 • 72 citations

Strength training does not improve lipoprotein-lipid profiles in men at risk for CHD

1991 • 71 citations

Flexibility of the shoulder joint measured as range of abduction in a large representative sample of men and women over 65 years of age

1989 • 71 citations

Resistive Training Maintains Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

1998 • 70 citations

Evaluation of a Supervised Exercise Program in a Geriatric Population

1989 • 69 citations

Interactive effects of growth hormone and exercise on muscle mass in suspended rats

1994 • 69 citations

Variability in metabolic rate: biological sites of regulation.

1995 • 68 citations

Is borderline fasting hyperglycemia a risk factor for cardiovascular death?

1984 • 68 citations

Peak torque per unit cross-sectional area differs between strength-trained and untrained young adults

1995 • 67 citations

Muscle strength and body composition: associations with bone density in older subjects

1995 • 67 citations

Effects of Strength Training on Cardiovascular Responses During a Submaximal Walk and a Weight-Loaded Walking Test in Older Females

1996 • 67 citations

Improved carbohydrate metabolism after physical training and dietary intervention in individuals with the ‘atherothrombogenic syndrome’. Oslo Diet and Exercise Study (ODES). A randomized trial

1996 • 66 citations

Cross-sectional study of muscle strength and bone mineral density in a population of 106 women between the ages of 44 and 87 years: relationship with age and menopause

1995 • 64 citations

Insulin Sensitivity and Beta‐Cell Responsivity Are Not Decreased in Elderly Subjects With Normal OGTT

1988 • 64 citations

A comparison of the effects of strength and aerobic exercise training on exercise capacity and lipids after coronary artery bypass surgery

1996 • 64 citations

Joint Stiffness: Effects of Exercise on Young and Old Men

1972 • 64 citations

Does strength training inhibit gains in range of motion from flexibility training in older adults?

1995 • 64 citations

Thermogenic response to an oral glucose load in man: comparison between young and elderly subjects.

1988 • 64 citations

Weight Training Increases Fat-Free Mass and Strength in Untrained Young Women

1998 • 63 citations

Effect of Sustained Resistance Training on Basal Metabolic Rate in Older Women

1995 • 62 citations

Effect of resistance exercise and growth hormone on bone density in older men

1997 • 62 citations

The Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome: Syndrome X, Reavenʼs Syndrome, Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Atherothrombogenic Syndrome

1992 • 62 citations

Muscle weakness in osteoarthritis

1997 • 62 citations

Effects of resistive training on lipoprotein lipid profiles

1989 • 61 citations

Does Exercise Training Play a Role in the Treatment of Essential Hypertension?

1995 • 60 citations

Contrasting effects of resistance and aerobic training on body composition and metabolism after diet-induced weight loss

1996 • 60 citations

Increase in insulin-like growth factor I in hypertrophying smooth muscle

1994 • 56 citations

Effects of a muscle exercise program on exercise capacity in subjects with osteoarthritis

1994 • 55 citations

Prescribing physical activity for older patients.

1992 • 55 citations

Musculoskeletal strength and serum lipid levels in men and women

1992 • 53 citations

Effect of resistive training on plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels in male adolescents

1987 • 49 citations

Effects of Physical Exercise for Elderly Patients with Physical Impairments

1988 • 49 citations

Effect of resistance training with or without chromium picolinate supplementation on glucose metabolism in older men and women

1999 • 47 citations

Exercise-induced satellite cell activation in senescent soleus muscle

1992 • 45 citations

NON-WEIGHTBEARING EXERCISE MAY INCREASE LUMBAR SPINE BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN HEALTHY POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

1993 • 45 citations

Hemostatic Alterations With Exercise Conditioning in NIDDM

1990 • 45 citations

Intense electron emission due to picosecond laser-produced plasmas in high gradient electric fields

1992 • 43 citations

American College of Sports Medicine. Position Stand. Physical activity, physical fitness, and hypertension.

1993 • 41 citations

Strength Training and Hypercholesterolemia: An Epidemiologic Study of 8499 Employed Men

1996 • 39 citations

Satellite cell activation after muscle damage in young and adult rats

1995 • 39 citations

Relationship of Extremity Muscle Torque and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

1990 • 39 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-I protects myoblasts from apoptosis but requires other factors to stimulate proliferation

1999 • 38 citations

Sodium-potassium pump activity contributes to the age-related decline in resting metabolic rate.

1993 • 38 citations

The effect of isometric quadriceps strength training in mid‐range for osteoarthritis of the knee

1993 • 37 citations

Indicators of bone formation in weight lifters

1995 • 37 citations

Plasma lipoproteins in healthy octogenarians: Lack of reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels: Results from the Framingham Heart Study

1989 • 37 citations

Effect of weight-training on energy expenditure and substrate utilization during sleep

1995 • 37 citations

Diet and exercise in middle-aged men . Changes in body composition and serum lipid profile

1982 • 36 citations

Aerobic/calisthenic and aerobic/circuit weight training programs for Navy men: a comparative study

1985 • 29 citations

Effects of Systematic, Heavy Resistive Exercise on Range of Joint Movement in Young Male Adults

1956 • 26 citations

Quadriceps Strength Training for Osteo-Arthritis of the Knee: A Literature Review and Analysis

1993 • 24 citations

Strength Training and Lipoprotein-Lipid Profiles

1990 • 23 citations

Variability of shoulder flexion with age, activity and sex.

1983 • 21 citations

Glucose tolerance and lipid‐lipoprotein levels in middle‐aged powerlifters

1987 • 17 citations

Coronary artery disease in the elderly

1989 • 14 citations

Effect of isometric and isotonic exercise on joint motion.

1966 • 11 citations

The Effect of Endurance Training, Weight Training and a Combination of Endurance and Weight Training upon the Blood Lipid Profile of Young Male Subjects

1990 • 9 citations

Kinesiology and the Degenerative Joint

1990 • 6 citations

EFFECTS OF STRENGTH TRAINING ON MUSCLE FIBER CHARACTERISTICS IN YOUNGER AND OLDER MEN AND WOMEN

1999 • 1 citations

EFFECTS OF STRENGTH TRAINING ON GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS IN OLDER MEN AND WOMEN

1998 • 1 citations