Trail-walking exercise and fall risk factors in community-dwelling older adults: Preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1946-1951

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Buichi ^a   Nagai, Koutatsu ^a   Aoyama, Tomoki ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Falls; Older adults; RCT; Trail walking task

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAIL WALKING EXERCISE; WALKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; JAPAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049358459     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03059.x     Document Type: Article

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