The feasibility of performing resistance exercise with acutely ill hospitalized older adults

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-18

  Mallery, Laurie H ^a   MacDonald, Elizabeth A ^b   Hubley Kozey, Cheryl L ^a   Earl, Marie E ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a   MacKnight, Chris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MOBILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3042547977     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-3-3     Document Type: Article

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