Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise in Older Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 310-314

  Hui, Edward Kwok Ho ^a   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; health promotion; older adults; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAINING;

EID: 33744965439     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.03.006     Document Type: Review

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