Previous physical activity and body balance in elderly people

Biology of Sport

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 311-315

  Famula, A ^a   Nowotny Czupryna, O ^b   Czupryna, K ^b   Nowotny, J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Higher School of Administration in Bielsko Biala   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body balance; Elderly people; Physical activity; Stabilometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893123163     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: 20831862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/20831862.1077558     Document Type: Article

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