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Volume 19, Issue 1 (January 2011)
Does Yoga Engender Fitness in Older Adults? A Critical Review
Kaitlyn P. Roland, Jennifer M. Jakobi, Gareth R. Jones

Volume 18, Issue 4 (October 2010)
Physical Activity and Cognition in Older Adults: The Potential of Tai Chi Chuan
Yu-Kai Chang, Yu-Hsiang Nien, Chia-Liang Tsai, Jennifer L. Etnier

Volume 17, Issue 4 (October 2009)
Physical Benefits of Dancing for Healthy Older Adults: A Review
Justin W.L. Keogh, Andrew Kilding, Philippa Pidgeon, Linda Ashley, Dawn Gillis

Volume 17, Issue 3 (July 2009)
Expanding the Agenda for Research on the Physically Active Aging Body
Cassandra Phoenix, Bevan Grant

Volume 16, Issue 2 (April 2008)
A Proposal for a New Screening Paradigm and Tool Called Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY)
Barbara Resnick, Marcia G. Ory, Kerrie Hora, Michael E. Rogers, Phillip Page, Jane N. Bolin, Roseann M. Lyle, Cody Sipe, Wojtek J. Chodzko-Zajko, Terry L. Bazzarre

Volume 16, Issue 1 (January 2008)
The Effect of Aging on Skeletal-Muscle Recovery From Exercise: Possible Implications for Aging Athletes

James Fell, Andrew Dafydd Williams

Volume 15, Issue 4 (October 2007)
Assessment of Impairments That Limit Exercise and Use of Impairment Information to Generate an Exercise

Mirja Hannele Hirvensalo, Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Shlomit Rind, Jack M. Guralnik

Volume 15, Issue 3 (July 2007)
Effects of Aging on Type II Muscle Fibers: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Florian Brunner, Annina Schmid, Ali Sheikhzadeh, Margareta Nordin, Jangwhon Yoon, Victor Frankel

Volume 15, Issue 3 (July 2007)
Functional Benefit of Power Training for Older Adults

Tom Hazell, Kenji Kenno, Jennifer M. Jakobi

Volume 14, Issue 4 (October 2006)
Definitions of Sedentary in Physical-Activity-Intervention Trials: A Summary of the Literature

Jill A. Bennett, Kerri M. Winters-Stone, Lillian M. Nail, Jennifer Scherer

Volume 14, Issue 2 (April 2006)
Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions in Reducing Pain Symptoms Among Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Review

Brian C. Focht

Volume 13, Issue 4 (October 2005)
Chronic Osteoarthritis and Adherence to Exercise: A Review of the Literature

Ray Marks, John P. Allegrante

Volume 13, Issue 4 (October 2005)
Suitability of Physical Activity Questionnaires for Older Adults in Fall-Prevention Trials: A Systematic Review

Ellen C. Jørstad-Stein, Klaus Hauer, Clemens Becker, Marc Bonnefoy, Rachel A. Nakash, Dawn A. Skelton, Sarah E. Lamb

Volume 13, Issue 3 (July 2005)
Anabolic Responses to Resistance Training in Older Men and Women: A Brief Review

Daniel A. Galvão, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe

Volume 13, Issue 2 (April 2005)
Protein Needs of Older Adults Engaged in Resistance Training: A Review

Maureen Lucas, Cynthia J. Heiss

Volume 13, Issue 1 (January 2005)
Neighborhood Influences on Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Multilevel Perspective
Fuzhong Li, John Fisher, Adrian Bauman, Marcia G. Ory, Peter Harmer, Mark Bosworth, Minot Cleveland

Volume 12, Issue 1 (January 2004)
Aging, Physical Activity, and Hormones in Women—A Review
Jennifer L. Copeland, Samuel Y. Chu, Mark S. Tremblay

Volume 10, Issue 3 (July 2002)
Senior Drivers: An Overview of Problems and Intervention Strategies
Peter Klavora, Ronald J. Heslegrave

Volume 10, Issue 2 (April 2002)
Flexibility and Physical Functions of Older Adults: A Review
George J. Holland, Kiyoji Tanaka, Ryosuke Shigematsu, Masaki Nakagaichi

Volume 10, Issue 2 (April 2002)
Promoting Functional Independence Among "At Risk" and Physically Frail Older Adults Through Community-Based Fall-Risk-Reduction Programs
Debra J. Rose

Volume 10, Issue 2 (April 2002)
Using Physical Activity to Manage Pain in Older Adults
Kelli F. Koltyn

Volume 9, Issue 2 (April 2001)
Who Will Stay and Who Will Go? A Review of Older Adults’ Adherence to Randomized Controlled Trials of Exercise
Kathleen A. Martin, Adrienne R. Sinden

Volume 9, Suppl. (May 2001)
Community-Based Physical Activity Programs for Adults Age 50 and Older
Anita L. Stewart

Volume 9, Suppl. (May 2001)
Home-Based Physical Activity Programs for Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Summary of Empirical Research
Audie A. Atienza

Volume 9, Suppl. (May 2001)
Worksite-Based Physical Activity Programs and Older Adults: Current Status and Priorities for the Future
Laua A. Linnan, Bess Marcus

Volume 9, Suppl. (May 2001)
Promoting Physical Activity Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Health Care Settings
Elizabeth Eakin

Volume 8, Issue 4 (October 2000)
Eternally Wounded Women? Feminist Perspectives on Physical Activity and Aging or A Woman’s P(l)ace in the Marathon of Life
Patricia Vertinsky

Volume 8, Issue 4 (October 2000)
The Effects of Exercise on Mood in Older Adults: A Meta-Analytic Review
Shawn M. Arent, Daniel M. Landers, Jennifer L. Etnier

Volume 5, Issue 1 (January 1997)
The Effects of Physical and Mental Training on the Mental Abilities of Older Adults
Phillip D. Tomporowski

Volume 4, Issue 3 (July 1996)
Concepts and Methods for Assessing Postural Instability
Marjorie H. Woollacott, Anne Shumway-Cook

Volume 4, Issue 2 (April 1996)
Mobility Changes in Older Adults: Implications for Practitioners
Linda C. Campanelli

Volume 3, Issue 3 (July 1995)
"Muscular Fitness"—Easing the Burden of Disability for Elderly Adults
Wayne T. Phillips, William L. Haskell

Volume 3, Issue 2 (April 1995)
Exercise: A Prevention and Treatment for Osteoporosis and Injurious Falls in the Older Adult
Everett L. Smith, Lorri Tommerup

Volume 3, Issue 1 (January 1995)
Physical Activity, Aging, and Psychological Well-Being
Edward McAuley, David L. Rudolph

Volume 2, Issue 4 (October 1994)
Sociocultural Perspectives on Aging and Physical Activity
Barry McPherson

Volume 2, Issue 3 (July 1994)
Physical Activity and Aging: Retrospections and Visions for the Future
Waneen W. Spirduso

Volume 2, Issue 3 (July 1994)
Aging and Exercise: A Health Perspective
Joanna L. Bokovoy, Steven N. Blair

Volume 2, Issue 2 (April 1994)
Physical Activity, Age, and Cognitive-Neuropsychological Function
Robert E. Dustman, Rita Emmerson, Donald Shearer

Volume 2, Issue 1 (January 1994)
Aging, Body Composition, and Physical Activity: A Review
Scott B. Going, Dan Williams, Timothy G. Lohman, Michael J. Hewitt

Volume 1, Issue 1 (October 1993)
Physical Activity and Depression in the Elderly
Patrick J. O’Connor, Louis E. Aenchbacher III, Rod K. Dishman

Volume 1, Issue 1 (October 1993)
Aging, Respiratory Function, and Exercise
Roy J. Shephard




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