Do attitudes toward exercise vary with differences in mobility and disability status? - A study among low-income seniors

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1215-1220

  Bean, Jonathan F ^a,b   Bailey, Allison ^a,b   Kiely, Dan K ^c   Leveille, Suzanne G ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PM and R   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Attitudes; Disability; Exercise; Health promotion; Mobility; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY;

EID: 34547507935     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600949910     Document Type: Article

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