Muscle mass in elderly boosted by combining resistance exercise and blood flow restriction

Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 03:01 in Health & Medicine

GALVESTON, Texas -- For years, researchers have known that resistance exercise training ?such as weightlifting, in which muscles work against gravity or another force -- can be one of the most effective ways to fight the debilitating muscle loss caused by aging.

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