Effect of telephone exercise counseling on frailty in older veterans: Project LIFE

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-334

  Peterson, Matthew J ^a,c   Sloane, Richard ^c   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^a,c   Crowley, Gail M ^a,c   Pieper, Carl F ^a,c   Morey, Miriam C ^a,c   Pepper, Claude D ^b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Exercise; Frailty; Intervention study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TELEPHONE; VETERANS;

EID: 47149107019     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988307306153     Document Type: Article

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