Aerobic Exercise Equipment Preferences among Older Adults: A Preliminary Investigation

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-58

  Looney, Marilyn A ^a   Rimmer, James H ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; RASCH ANALYSIS;

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEATS; WALKING AIDS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AGED; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038189657     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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