Perceptions of a community-based yoga intervention for older adults

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-163

  Patel, Neela K ^a   Akkihebbalu, Sreedhara ^b   Espinoza, Sara E ^a   Chiodo, Laura K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Esther Vexler Yoga School   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adults; Perceptions; Yoga

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959226749     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2011.574256     Document Type: Article

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