A home-based intervention to improve balance, gait and self-confidence in older adults

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Williams, Kathleen ^a   Mustian, Karen ^a   Kovacs, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Exercise intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008859028     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v27n02_01     Document Type: Article

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