Correlation of physical aptitude; functional capacity, corporal balance and quality of life (QoL) among elderly women submitted to a post-menopausal physical activities program

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-349

  de Souza Santos, César Augusto ^a   Dantas, Estélio Enrique Martin ^b   Moreira, Maria Helena Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b Do Estado do Rio de Janeiro LABIMH UNIRIO/RJ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corporal balance; Elderly women; Functional capacity; Physical activities; Physical aptitude; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CORPORAL BALANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DANCING; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOREARM; FULLERTON FUNCTIONAL FITNESS TEST BATTERY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KATZ INDEX; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL APTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; STANDING; STATIONARY MARCH; TINETTI SCALE; WALKING; WHOQOL OLD QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 80051667749     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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