Effects of Customized Balance Exercises on Older Women Whose Balance Ability Has Deteriorated With Age

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-250

  Narita, Makoto ^a,b   Islam, Mohammod M ^c   Rogers, Michael E ^d   Koizumi, Daisuke ^e   Takeshima, Nobuo ^e  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Yonaha General Hospital   (Japan)

^d WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

balance exercise; balance performance test; limits of stability; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAPAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAPAN; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927910497     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2014.933633     Document Type: Article

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