Effect of a 10-week traditional dance program on static and dynamic balance control in elderly adults

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-180

  Sofianidis, Giorgos ^a   Hatzitaki, Vassilia ^a   Douka, Stella ^a   Grouios, Giorgos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Dance exercise; Postural control; Social interaction; Training

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ROTATION; STANDING; STATIC EXERCISE; WEIGHT;

EID: 65349165695     PISSN: 10638652     EISSN: 1543267X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/japa.17.2.167     Document Type: Article

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