Balance Training in Elderly Women Using Public Parks

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-218

  Leiros Rodríguez, Raquel ^a   García Soidan, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

elderly women; exercise therapy; postural balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEVICES; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SANITATION; SPAIN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84902784240     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2014.888220     Document Type: Article

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