Exercise activity and self-image/self-esteem in nursing home residents

This study discusses the effects on the self-image/self-esteem of institutionalized elderly people of a program of systematic physical exercises. The elderly people that participated in this study live at SEOVE (the nursing home studied) in Florianópolis, Brazil. They were divided into two groups, a...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Takase Gonçalves, Edio Luiz Petroski, Tânia Bertoldo Benedetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2003-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/3957/3359