Translation of the Otago Exercise Program for adoption and implementation in the United States

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Shubert, Tiffany E ^a   Smith, Matthew Lee ^b   Ory, Marcia G ^c   Clarke, Cristine B ^a   Bomberger, Stephanie A ^d   Roberts, Ellen ^a   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Fall prevention; Health promotion; Physical therapy; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015291517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00152     Document Type: Article

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