Dynamic balance in inactive elder maleschanges after eight weeks functional and core stabilization training

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-310

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

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Physical Education and Sport Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Core stabilization training; Dynamic balance; Elderly; Functional training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860880551     PISSN: 19909233     EISSN: 19998147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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