Why does exercise reduce falls in older people? Unrecognised contributions to motor control and cognition?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 730-731

  Sherrington, Catherine ^a   Henschke, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALLING; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84880508351     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091295     Document Type: Editorial

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