The Effects of a Laban-Based Movement Program with Music on Measures of Balance and Gait in Older Adults

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-33

  Hamburg, Janet ^a,b   Clair, Alicia Ann ^b,c  

^a Laban Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait characteristics; Laban movement analysis; Music; Older adults; Physical flexibility; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887819488     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v28n01_02     Document Type: Article

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