Profile of physical activity levels in community-dwelling older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1774-1784

  Chad, Karen E ^a   Reeder, Bruce A ^a   Harrison, Elizabeth L ^a   Ashworth, Nigel L ^b   Sheppard, Suzanne M ^c   Schultz, Sandra L ^d   Bruner, Brenda G ^a   Fisher, Koren L ^a   Lawson, Joshua A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^d University of Saskatchewan ^*

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Correlates; Elderly; Environment; Exercise; Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 27644468292     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000181303.51937.9c     Document Type: Article

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