Dr. Walter R Frontera MD, PHD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2201 Children's Way Suite 1014 Nashville TN, 37212About
Dr. Walter Frontera is a physiatrist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Frontera is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Frontera focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Frontera can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Contractile properties of single muscle fibers in myotonic dystrophy.
- Muscle fatigue and muscle injury.
- Skeletal muscle fiber quality in older men and women.
- Longitudinal muscle strength changes in older adults: influence of muscle mass,
- Age- and gender-related differences in maximum shortening velocity of skeletal muscle fibers.
- Contractile properties of adjacent segments of single human muscle fibers.
- Contractile properties of aging skeletal muscle.
- The relationship between leg power and physical performance in mobility-limited older people.
- Weighted stair climbing in mobility-limited older people: a pilot study.
- Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: role of body weight change and physical activity.
- Movement smoothness changes during stroke recovery.
- Skeletal muscle fiber function and rate of disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Effects of robotic therapy on motor impairment and recovery in chronic stroke.
- The scientific article and journal.
- Increased Velocity Exercise Specific to Task (InVEST) training: a pilot study exploring effects on leg power, balance, and mobility in community-dwelling older women.
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