Do sedentary older adults benefit from community-based exercise? results from the active start program

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 847-855

  Yan, Tingjian ^a   Wilber, Kathleen H ^a   Aguirre, Rosa ^b   Trejo, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OASIS Institute   (United States)

^c City of Los Angeles Dept of Transp   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Start; Older adults; Physical performance; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 72649099899     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp113     Document Type: Article

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