A Randomized Trial to Measure the Impact of a Community-Based Cognitive Training Intervention on Balance and Gait in Cognitively Intact Black Older Adults

Health Education & Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1_suppl, 2014, Pages 62S-69S

  Smith Ray, Renae L ^a   Makowski Woidan, Beth ^b   Hughes, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging and health; community health; computer mediated health promotion; health behavior new media and social media interventions

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; GAIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GAIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991554804     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114537068     Document Type: Article

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