Aging and Down syndrome: Implications for physical therapy

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1399-1406

  Barnhart, Robert C ^a   Connolly, Barbara ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE;

AGING; DOWN SYNDROME; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 35348921769     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060334     Document Type: Review

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