Effectiveness of ability grouping in structured fall prevention exercise program for frail elderly people

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 390-397

  Yano, Hidenori ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Wakai, Saeko ^a   Shimanuki, Hideki ^a   Nakajima, Kinue ^a   Hui, Guo ^a   Ishii, Kenji ^a   Zhang, Xiumin ^a   Niu, Kaijun ^a   Ono, Yusuke ^a   Saitou, Teruki ^a   Higashi, Youhei ^a   Matsuo, Kaori ^a   Suzuki, Reiko ^b   Haga, Hiroshi ^c   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Nagatomi, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ability grouping; Frail elderly; Randomized control trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745757714     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.43.390     Document Type: Article

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