Article: Progressive resistance training on elderly [HIV.sup.+] patients: does it work?(Clinical report)

Abstract: Elderly people present significant alterations on body composition and physical fitness, compromising their quality of life. Chronic diseases, including HIV/AIDS, worsen this situation by increasing aging effects on body composition and muscle strength. Resistance exercises are prescribed by major health organizations for improving fitness and promoting a shift towards a healthier and more independent aging. In addition, recovering strength and physical fitness is the major goal of exercise in AIDS wasting syndrome. To analyze progressive resistance training effects on body composition, physical fitness and clinical/immunological evolution of [HIV.sup.+] elderly. ...

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