Effects of water-based exercise in obese older women: Impact of short-term follow-up study on anthropometric, functional fitness and quality of life parameters

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 209-214

  Rica, Roberta Luksevicius ^a,b   Carneiro, Renata Meireles Mendes ^a   Serra, Andrey Jorge ^c   Rodriguez, Daniel ^a,d   Pontes Junior, Francisco L ^e   Bocalini, Danilo Sales ^a,f  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Arbos College   (Brazil)

^c Nove de Julho University   (Brazil)

^d SÃO JUDAS TADEU UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional fitness; Obesity; Water based exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WATER BASED EXERCISE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 84871966521     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00889.x     Document Type: Article

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