LLT Directors research papers in the Top 10 cited articles from Age and Ageing
Dawn Skelton, in 1995, published (in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society) the results of a 12 week randomised controlled trial of seated strength training in women aged 75 and over. The effect was a rejuventation of some 20 years of lost strength just by taking part in strengthening exercises with therabands three times a week for an hour (once a week supervised, twice a week at home). The exercises, designed with Susie Dinan, form the basis of the LLT Chair Based Exercise Leaders course.
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