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... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Exercise Therapy > Resistance Training
... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Exercise Therapy > Resistance Training
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Exercise Therapy > Resistance Training
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Exercise Therapy > Resistance Training
Human Activities > Exercise > Physical Conditioning, Human > Resistance Training
... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Motor Activity > Exercise > Physical Conditioning, Human > Resistance Training
... > Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Exercise > Physical Conditioning, Human > Resistance Training
... > Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Exercise > Physical Conditioning, Human > Resistance Training

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Resistance Training  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A type of strength-building exercise program that requires the body muscle to exert a force against some form of resistance, such as weight, stretch bands, water, or immovable objects. Resistance exercise is a combination of static and dynamic contractions involving shortening and lengthening of skeletal muscles.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Strength Training

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