Best-practice physical activity programs for older adults: Findings from the National Impact Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 362-368

  Hughes, Susan L ^a   Seymour, Rachel B ^a   Campbell, Richard T ^a   Whitelaw, Nancy ^b   Bazzarre, Terry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b National Council on the Aging   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STRENGTH; UNITED STATES; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59049095966     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.131466     Document Type: Article

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