The Effect of Yoga on Balance and Fear of Falling in Older Adults

PM and R

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 145-151

  Nick, Narjes ^a   Petramfar, Peyman ^b   Ghodsbin, Fariba ^a   Keshavarzi, Sareh ^c   Jahanbin, Iran ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEAR; FEAR OF FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; IRAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; YOGA; AGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; SELF EFFICACY; YOGA;

EID: 84958119399     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.06.442     Document Type: Article

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