Disseminating the Otago exercise program in the United States: Perceived and actual physical performance improvements from participants

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 79-98

  Shubert, Tiffany E ^a,e   Smith, Matthew Lee ^b,d   Jiang, Luohua ^c   Ory, Marcia G ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e South College School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Evidence based health promotion; Fall prevention; Geriatrics; Otago Exercise Program

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; UNITED STATES; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; KINESIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044778894     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464816675422     Document Type: Article

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