Intervention study of finger-movement exercises and finger weight-lift training for improvement of handgrip strength among the very elderly

International Journal of Nursing Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-170

  Chen, Xue Ping ^a   Lu, You Mei ^b   Zhang, Ju ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JiangShan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Finger movement; Handgrip; Long term care; The very elderly; Weight training

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER EXERCISE; FINGER MOVEMENT EXERCISE; FINGER WEIGHT LIFT TRAINING; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84979963109     PISSN: 23520132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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