Physician
Physical Medicine/Rehab
Dr. Walter R. Frontera, MD
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Dr. Walter R. Frontera practices Physical Medicine/Rehab. He studied medicine at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. He has 1 awards "Elected Member". Walter R. Frontera is also published. He has 93 publications published. The lastest publication: "Drink composition, voluntary drinking, and fluid balance in exercising, trained, heat-acclimatized boys.'
Publications
- FNDC5 relates to skeletal muscle IGF-I and mitochondrial function and gene expression in obese men with reduced growth hormone.
- Metabolic syndrome in relation to cardiorespiratory fitness, active and sedentary behavior in HIV+ Hispanics with and without lipodystrophy.
- Relationship between Serum IGF-I and Skeletal Muscle IGF-I mRNA Expression to Phosphocreatine Recovery after Exercise in Obese Men with Reduced GH.
- Mitochondria-targeted ROS scavenger improves post-ischemic recovery of cardiac function and attenuates mitochondrial abnormalities in aged rats.
- Skeletal Muscle: A Brief Review of Structure and Function.
- The world health organization disability action plan.
- Comparative Effects of Light or Heavy Resistance Power Training for Improving Lower Extremity Power and Physical Performance in Mobility-Limited Older Adults.
- Commentary: Honorary Authorship.
- Longitudinal decline of lower extremity muscle power in healthy and mobility-limited older adults: influence of muscle mass, strength, composition, neuromuscular activ...
- Validity of an exercise test based on habitual gait speed in mobility-limited older adults.
- Aging of human muscle: understanding sarcopenia at the single muscle cell level.
- Eccentric contraction-induced injury to type I, IIa, and IIa/IIx muscle fibers of elderly adults.
- Shaping a new generation of Hispanic clinical and translational researchers addressing minority health and health disparities.
- A multiinstitutional, multidisciplinary model for developing and teaching translational research in health disparities.
- Increased trunk extension endurance is associated with meaningful improvement in balance among older adults with mobility problems.
- Relationship between force and size in human single muscle fibres.
- Are changes in leg power responsible for clinically meaningful improvements in mobility in older adults?
- The AJPM&R and International PM&R.
- Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in Hispanics living with HIV.
- Research priorities in rehabilitation medicine.
- Measurement of muscle strength in the intensive care unit.
- Trunk muscle attributes are associated with balance and mobility in older adults: a pilot study.
- Increased velocity exercise specific to task training versus the National Institute on Aging's strength training program: changes in limb power and mobility.
- Lower extremity power training in elderly subjects with mobility limitations: a randomized controlled trial.
- Muscle fiber size and function in elderly humans: a longitudinal study.
- The Euro-American rehabilitation focus: a cultural bridge across the ocean.
- Functional recovery in T13-L1 hemisected rats resulting from peripheral nerve rerouting: role of central neuroplasticity.
- Publishing in physical and rehabilitation medicine.
- Assessment of lower extremity muscle power in functionally-limited elders.
- Effects of a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, stavudine, on glucose disposal and mitochondrial function in muscle of healthy adults.
- Is stair climb power a clinically relevant measure of leg power impairments in at-risk older adults?
- Single skeletal muscle fiber elastic and contractile characteristics in young and older men.
- Research and the survival of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
- Physical activity-mediated functional recovery after spinal cord injury: potential roles of neural stem cells.
- Motions or muscles? Some behavioral factors underlying robotic assistance of motor recovery.
- Resistance training improves muscle function and body composition in patients with hyperthyroidism.
- Tai Chi versus brisk walking in elderly women.
- Single skeletal muscle fiber behavior after a quick stretch in young and older men: a possible explanation of the relative preservation of eccentric force in old age.
- Single muscle fiber size and contractility after spinal cord injury in rats.
- Effects of a supervised home-based aerobic and progressive resistance training regimen in women infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a randomized trial.
- Exercise in the elderly: research and clinical practice.
- Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity: executive summary.
- Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity (executive summary).
- Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity--executive summary.
- Prologue to "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity--executive summary".
- Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity.
- Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity executive summary.
- Therapeutic effects of clenbuterol in a murine model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity. Executive summary.
- Sex differences in single muscle fiber power in older adults.
- Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity-Executive Summary.
- Single muscle fiber physiology in neuromuscular disease.
- Respiratory abnormalities resulting from midcervical spinal cord injury and their reversal by serotonin 1A agonists in conscious rats.
- Preservation of in vitro muscle fiber function in dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis: a single fiber study.
- Impact of muscle power and force on gait speed in disabled older men and women.
- IKKbeta/NF-kappaB activation causes severe muscle wasting in mice.
- Submovements grow larger, fewer, and more blended during stroke recovery.
- Comparison of two techniques of robot-aided upper limb exercise training after stroke.
- Anthropometric assessment of 10-y changes in body composition in the elderly.
- Robotic therapy for chronic motor impairments after stroke: Follow-up results.
- Benefits of exercise for community-dwelling older adults.
- High-intensity resistance training improves muscle strength, self-reported function, and disability in long-term stroke survivors.
- Differential effects of metformin and exercise on muscle adiposity and metabolic indices in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
- Increased Velocity Exercise Specific to Task (InVEST) training: a pilot study exploring effects on leg power, balance, and mobility in community-dwelling older women.
- Effects of exercise training and metformin on body composition and cardiovascular indices in HIV-infected patients.
- Strength training in older women: early and late changes in whole muscle and single cells.
- The importance of technology in rehabilitation.
- The scientific article and journal.
- Effects of robotic therapy on motor impairment and recovery in chronic stroke.
- The 6-minute walk test in mobility-limited elders: what is being measured?
- Skeletal muscle fiber function and rate of disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Movement smoothness changes during stroke recovery.
- Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: role of body weight change and physical activity.
- Weighted stair climbing in mobility-limited older people: a pilot study.
- The relationship between leg power and physical performance in mobility-limited older people.
- Contractile properties of aging skeletal muscle.
- Contractile properties of adjacent segments of single human muscle fibers.
- Brace modification improves aerobic performance in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a single-subject design.
- Age- and gender-related differences in maximum shortening velocity of skeletal muscle fibers.
- Effects of testosterone and exercise on muscle leanness in eugonadal men with AIDS wasting.
- Longitudinal muscle strength changes in older adults: influence of muscle mass, physical activity, and health.
- Skeletal muscle fiber quality in older men and women.
- Muscle fatigue and muscle injury.
- Aging of skeletal muscle: a 12-yr longitudinal study.
- Contractile properties of single muscle fibers in myotonic dystrophy.
- Drink composition, voluntary drinking, and fluid balance in exercising, trained, heat-acclimatized boys.
- Muscle strength and hormonal levels in adolescents: gender related differences.
- Dietary and performance assessment of elite soccer players during a period of intense training.
- The reproducibility of the Bruce protocol exercise test for the determination of aerobic capacity in older women.
- Contractile studies of single human skeletal muscle fibers: a comparison of different muscles, permeabilization procedures, and storage techniques.
- Firing rate of the lower motoneuron and contractile properties of its muscle fibers after upper motoneuron lesion in man.
- Effects of aging on shortening velocity and myosin isoform composition in single human skeletal muscle cells.
Schools
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
Doctors Specialties
- Physical Medicine/Rehab
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Elected Member
Education
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University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
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