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Article: Target resistance training to select groups, AHA advises.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
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- Family Practice News
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- August 1, 2007
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Elderly men and women in nursing homes can benefit from resistance training, as can patients with heart failure, according an update on resistance exercise issued by the American Heart Association.
The update follows up AHA's first scientific advisory on the topic published in 2000 (Circulation 2000; 101:828-33). The new advisory updates the information, discusses the benefits of resistance training in targeted populations, describes how to evaluate patients for participation in the training, and offers specific training methods.
For example, resistance training (RT) generally has been shown to have at least some benefit in patients with diabetes, ...