Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Fitness With Exercise Training in Older Adults Who Attend Senior Centers

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-54

  Hand, Brian D ^a   Cavanaugh, Sally ^a   Forbes, William ^a   Govern, John ^a   Cress, M Elaine ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise; MOS SF 36; older adults; physical function; Senior Fitness Tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859180547     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2011.647530     Document Type: Article

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