Life begins at forty! Should the route to promoting exercise in elderly people also start in their forties?

Physiotherapy

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-93

  Carter, Naomi ^b   O'Driscoll, MarieLuce ^b  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Exercise; Health education; Health promotion; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CORONARY RISK; EXERCISE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033833519     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9406(05)61210-2     Document Type: Article

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