The role of chair exercises for older adults following hip fracture

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1131-1138

  Nicholson, Claire M ^a   Czernwicz, Solange ^a   Mandilas, Georgia ^a   Rudolph, Isidore ^a   Greyling, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHAIR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030668792     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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