The effect of eight weeks aquatic balance trainingand core stabilization training on dynamic balance in inactive elder males

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-286

  Sarvestani, Hajar Jahadian ^a   Tabrizi, Hossein Berenjeian ^a   Abbasi, Ali ^a   Rahmanpourmoghaddam, Jamal ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aquatic balance training; Core stabilization training; Dynamic balance; Elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860854972     PISSN: 19909233     EISSN: 19998147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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