Body posture in elderly, physically active males

Aging Male

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 222-229

  Ostrowska, B ^a,b   Rozek Mroz K ^a   Giemza, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b Department of Physiotherapy ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Body posture; Elderly males

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE; THORACIC SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SPINE;

EID: 0345871025     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530312331309762     Document Type: Article

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