University of Houston

KIN 4300

QUIZ 9

Question 1)Resistance training for strength and power as one ages help one to maintain physical function and mobility.

• Question 2

               is used when an individual runs up a flight of stairs as quickly as possible.

• Question 3

Daily strength training programs can postpone indefinitely deterioration in muscle mass.

• Question 4

Although sarcopenia accounts for a large amount of strength loss in aging adults, it does not fully explain the decline in strength with age.

• Question 5

Angiogenesis occurs in the elderly as well as in young individuals.

• Question 6

Skeletal muscle accounts for approximately     % of a female's body weight and more than                                                                                  of a male's body weight.

• Question 7

Muscular strength and power are important resources for all individuals, but these resources become even more important as individuals age.

• Question 8

It is well known that resistance programs for strength are effective and safe for most elderly.

• Question 9

Muscles of the upper extremities tend to change less with age than muscles of the lower extremities.

• Question 10

All of the following are factors that may cause loss of muscle strength with aging except?