Effectiveness of an exercise program on postural control in frail older adults

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 593-598

  Alfieri, Fábio Marcon ^a,b   Riberto, Marcelo ^b   Abril Carreres, Àngels ^c   Boldó Alcaine, Maria ^c   Rusca Castellet, Elisabet ^c   Garreta Figuera, Roser ^c   Battistella, Linamara Rizzo ^b  

^a UNASP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Falls; Intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GURALNIK TEST BATTERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STABILOGRAPHY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84872289923     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S36027     Document Type: Article

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