Exercise (Recommendations)
Prescription Guidelines Not Geared to Older Women
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 16th, 1998
In the latest issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Wendy Kohrt and associates presented the findings of their analysis of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines for quality and quantity of exercise related to cardiovascular health in adults as they relate to older women (aged 60-72 years) ("Prescribing Exercise Intensity for Older Women," J Am Geriatr Soc, 1998;46:129-133).
According to the researchers, "exercise intensity can be expressed as a percentage of...
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