Yearlong physical activity and depressive symptoms in older Japanese adults: Cross-sectional data from the Nakanojo study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 621-624

  Yoshiuchi, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakahara, Rika ^b   Kumano, Hiroaki ^a   Kuboki, Tomifusa ^a   Togo, Fumiharu ^c,d   Watanabe, Eiji ^c,e   Yasunaga, Akitomo ^c   Park, Hyuntae ^d   Shephard, Roy J ^f   Aoyagi, Yukitoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY MIZONOKUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Aging; Mental health; Moderate exercise duration; Mood state; Step count

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33745834007     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000200602.70504.9c     Document Type: Article

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