September 25, 1998

Sports Scientists Gain New Respect as They Shift Focus to the Elderly

By KIM A. McDONALD

Expanding on their work with top athletes, physiologists examine the role of exercise in growing old gracefully

Exercise physiologists and other scientists whose studies of athletes have improved Olympic performances are applying their knowledge of human physiology to a significantly more important problem: improving the health and mobility of the nation's rapidly expanding elderly population.

With rising costs for nursing-home

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