https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2019.8898

Speed-power based training in the elderly and its potential for daily movement function enhancement

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2020)
Submitted: 12 February 2020
Accepted: 25 February 2020
Published: 1 April 2020
older adults, seniors, strength, power, training
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Nejc Šarabon
nejc.sarabon@fvz.upr.si
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-3735
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izola; Innorenew CoE, Izola; S2P, Science to practice, Laboratory for Motor Control and Motor Behaviour, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Darjan Smajla
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izola, Slovenia; Innorenew CoE, Izola, Slovenia.
Žiga Kozinc
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izola; University of Primorska, Andrej Marušič Institire, Koper, Slovenia.
Helmut Kern
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Electrical Stimulation and Physical Rehabilitation, Vienna; Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Prim. Dr. H Kern GmbH, Amstetten, Slovenia.

Resistance exercise is widely recommended strategy to improve functional ability and quality of life of the elderly. Novel resistance exercises approaches, such as flywheel exercise have recently emerged as superior alternatives to traditional methods. Eccentic exercise methods are well documented to elicit different and often the more pronounced effect on physical ability and function of the elderly. By reviewing the relevant scientific literature, we found that only limited studies have investigated the effects of flywheel exercise in the elderly, however, the results are very promising. Thus, more research is desired to explore the effect of flywheel exercise type in elderly individuals.

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Šarabon, N., Smajla, D., Kozinc, Žiga, & Kern, H. (2020). Speed-power based training in the elderly and its potential for daily movement function enhancement. European Journal of Translational Myology, 30(1), 125–128. https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2019.8898

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