A proposal for a new screening paradigm and tool called Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY)

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-233

  Resnick, Barbara ^a   Ory, Marcia G ^b   Hora, Kerrie ^b   Rogers, Michael E ^c   Page, Phillip ^d   Bolin, Jane N ^b   Lyle, Roseann M ^e   Sipe, Cody ^f   Chodzko Zajko, Wojtek ^g   Bazzarre, Terry L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hygenic Corporation   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Older adults; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE ASSESSMENT AND SCREENING FOR YOU; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PAIN; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SAFETY; SWELLING; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 44649106393     PISSN: 10638652     EISSN: 1543267X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/japa.16.2.215     Document Type: Review

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