Aotake: A modified stepping exercise as a useful means of improving lower-extremity functional fitness in older adults

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-250

  Sasai, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Matsuo, Tomoaki ^a,b   Numao, Shigeharu ^c   Sakai, Tomoaki ^d   Mochizuki, Misao ^e   Kuroda, Kazuyoshi ^e   Okamoto, Masakazu ^e   Tanaka, Kiyoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Renaissance Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aotake stepping exercise; Fall risk factors; Functional fitness; Older adults; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AOTAKE STEPPING EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOT SOLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG EXERCISE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; WALKING; FALLING; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

EID: 77954376962     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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