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Title: Pool exercise may build strength, reduce falls
Post by: riky on April 14, 2013, 09:00:16 AM
Pool exercise may build strength, reduce falls

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pool-exercise-may-build-strength-reduce-falls-211157977.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qOlXkMuwvoN3RX9lmI9Ptw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-12T211157Z_1_CBRE93B1MW300_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Inge Natoli practices synchronized swimming with Barbara Miller in Sun City, Arizona" align="left" title="Inge Natoli practices synchronized swimming with Barbara Miller in Sun City, Arizona" border="0" /></a>By Trevor Stokes NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who did a high-intensity aquatic workout for six months increased their strength and suffered fewer falls, in a new study that suggests bone- and muscle-building resistance can be achieved with the right kinds of water exercises. &quot;What we did was to test the model for muscle training in the gyms and put it inside the pools,&quot; said lead author Linda Moreira, a researcher at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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