Facilitators of and barriers to physical activity in retirement communities: Experiences of older women in urban areas

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-562

  Bjornsdottir, Gudfinna ^a   Arnadottir, Solveig A ^b   Halldorsdottir, Sigridur ^b  

^a Hrafnista Continuing Care Communities   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 84859203206     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110149     Document Type: Article

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