Effects of modular course training on mobility in older adults aged 79-90 years

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 213-217

  Rogers, M E ^a   Rogers, N L ^a   Chaparro, B S ^a   Stumpfhauser, L ^b   Halcomb, C G ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cramer Reed Ctr for Succesful Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WALKING;

EID: 0037452745     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828021000030891     Document Type: Article

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