Barriers and motivations to exercise in older adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1056-1061

  Schutzer, Karen A ^a   Graves, B Sue ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Exercise adherence; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 4744341739     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.003     Document Type: Review

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