Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1667-1674 , September 2008

Effects of Resistance Training on Lower-Extremity Impairments in Older People With Hip Fracture

Presented to the International Conference on Strength Training, October 20, 2006, Odense, Denmark, and the Congress of the European College of Sport Sciences, July 12, 2007, Jyväskylä, Finland.

  • Erja Portegijs, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Erja Portegijs, MSc, Dept of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Mauri Kallinen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • GeroCenter Foundation for Research and Development, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • ,
  • Taina Rantanen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • ,
  • Ari Heinonen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • ,
  • Sanna Sihvonen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Markku Alen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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  • Ilkka Kiviranta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Dept of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Sarianna Sipilä, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

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 Supported by Finnish Ministry of Education (grant nos. 137/722/2003, 129/722/2004, 99/627/2005, 31/627/2006), Juho Vainio Foundation, and Finnish Cultural Foundation.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00401-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.026

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1667-1674 , September 2008

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