Open AccessStrong Implications But Weak Evidence for Strength Training
Author(s) -
Handy Catherine E.,
Blaha Michael J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.117.007761
Subject(s) - medicine , training (meteorology) , strength training , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , meteorology , physics
The observation that exercise can improve health and longevity is nearly as old as medicine itself.[1][1] As early as the 1940s and 1950s, the potential benefits of exercise to prevent cancer were postulated and published by Potter, speaking on the “solutions to the cancer problem,” noting that