Decreased mobility in the elderly: The exercise antidote

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Buckwalter, Joseph A ^a   DiNubile, Nicholas A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Crozer Keystone Healthplex   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOBILIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030870595     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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