Response to the letter of Tibor Hortobágyi and colleagues

Refers to: Gladys L. Onambele, Constantinos N. Maganaris, Omar S. Mian, Enrico Tam, Enrico Rejc, Islay M. McEwan, Marco V. Narici. Neuromuscular and balance responses to flywheel inertial versus weight training in older persons. In Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 41, Issue 15, 14 November 2008, Pages 3133-3138

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