Facilitators and barriers to physical activity as perceived by older adults with intellectual disability

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 175-186

  van Schijndel Speet, Marieke ^a   Evenhuis, Heleen M ^a   van Wijck, Ruud ^b   van Empelen, Pepijn ^c   Echteld, Michael A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers; Facilitators; Health promotion; Intellectual disabilities; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84903209839     PISSN: 19349491     EISSN: 19349556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-52.3.175     Document Type: Article

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