A 12-week iyengar yoga program improved balance and mobility in older community-dwelling people: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1068-1075

  Tiedemann, Anne ^a,b   O'Rourke, Sandra ^a   Sesto, Romina ^c   Sherrington, Catherine ^a,b  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Yoga to Go Studio   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Balance; Mobility.; Yoga

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY.; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; YOGA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BALANCE; MOBILITY.; YOGA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOGA;

EID: 84882441845     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt087     Document Type: Article

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