Group tele-exercise for improving balance in elders

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 561-570

  Wu, Ge ^a   Keyes, Lawrence Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Microdesign Consulting Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

EXERCISE INSTRUCTORS; REAL TIME VIDEO; TELE-EXERCISES; VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEMS;

TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAI CHI; TELETHERAPY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; GROUP PROCESS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEAR; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNET; VERMONT; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 33847709969     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.561     Document Type: Article

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