Exercise intervention of 65+-year-old men and women: Functional ability and health care costs

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Vestergaard, Sonja ^a   Andersen, Christian Kronborg ^a   Korsholm, Lars ^a   Puggaard, Lis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Costs; Elderly; Exercise; Functional ability

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 33746148187     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324653     Document Type: Article

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