The long-term benefits of a multi-component exercise intervention to balance and mobility in healthy older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-216

  Bird, M ^a   Hill, K D ^b,c   Ball, M ^a   Hetherington, S ^a   Williams, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Motivation; Resistance; Sway; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STRENGTH;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 79551581264     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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