Physical Activity Training for Functional Mobility in Older Persons

The Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 357-371

  Hickey, Tom ^a   Wolf, Fredric M ^a   Robins, Lynne S ^a   Wagner, Marilyn B ^b   Harik, Wafa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

EID: 0028846020     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489501400401     Document Type: Article

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