A Qualitative Review of Balance and Strength Performance in Healthy Older Adults: Impact for Testing and Training

A continuously greying society is confronted with specific age-related health problems (e.g., increased fall incidence/injury rate) that threaten both the quality of life of fall-prone individuals as well as the long-term sustainability of the public health care system due to high treatment costs of...

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Main Authors: Urs Granacher, Thomas Muehlbauer, Markus Gruber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Aging Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/708905