The effect of a 12-week combined exercise intervention program on physical performance and gait kinematics in community-dwelling elderly women

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Cao, Zhen Bo ^a   Maeda, Akira ^a   Shima, Norihiro ^a   Kurata, Hiroshi ^a   Nishizono, Hidetsugu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Exercise; Fall; Gait kinematics; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 34547613499     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.325     Document Type: Article

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