Assessment of functional fitness among independent older adults: A preliminary report

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 1059-1074

  Netz, Yael ^a   Argov, Esther ^a  

^a WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031158224     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3.1059     Document Type: Article

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