Adapted tango improves mobility, motor-cognitive function, and gait but not cognition in older adults in independent living

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2105-2113

  Hackney, Madeleine E ^a,b   Byers, Colleen ^b   Butler, Gail ^b   Sweeney, Morgan ^b   Rossbach, Lauren ^b   Bozzorg, Aaron ^a  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; cognition; exercise; mobility; older adults; tango

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEORGIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DANCING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; GEORGIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84944553101     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13650     Document Type: Article

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