Unmet physical activity need in old age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 707-712

  Rantakokko, Merja ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^b   Hirvensalo, Mirja ^a   Leinonen, Raija ^c   Heikkinen, Eino ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GeroCenter Foundation for Research and Development   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Environment; Physical activity; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC NOISE; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 77950386687     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02792.x     Document Type: Article

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