Intervention using a community-based walking program is effective for elderly adults with depressive tendencies

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1590-1591

  Maki, Yohko ^a,b   Ura, Chiaki ^c   Yamaguchi, Tomoharu ^a,d   Takahashi, Ryutaro ^d   Yamaguchi, Haruyasu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GERIATRICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Gunma University of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WALKING;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84865111338     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04091.x     Document Type: Letter

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