Comparison two-year effects of once-weekly and twice-weekly water exercise on health-related quality of life of community-dwelling frail elderly people at a day-service facility

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-93

  Sato, Daisuke ^a   Kaneda, Koichi ^a   Wakabayashi, Hitoshi ^b   Nomura, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Day service; Exercise frequency; Frail elderly people; Health related quality of life; Long term water exercise

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 58649109842     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701817552     Document Type: Article

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