Yoga for women with hyperkyphosis: Results of a pilot study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1611-1614

  Greendale, Gail A ^a   McDivit, Anna ^a   Carpenter, Annie ^a   Seeger, Leanne ^a   Huang, Mei Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKYPHOSIS; KYPHOSIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; SELF REPORT; YOGA;

EID: 0036788377     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1611     Document Type: Article

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