Rapid Transition to Telehealth Group Exercise and Functional Assessments in Response to COVID-19

Exercise is critical for health maintenance in late life. The COVID-19 shelter in place and social distancing orders resulted in wide-scale interruptions of exercise therapies, placing older adults at risk for the consequences of decreased mobilization. The purpose of this paper is to describe rapid...

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Main Authors: Stephen C. Jennings MS, Kenneth M. Manning MS, Janet Prvu Bettger ScD, Katherine M. Hall PhD, Megan Pearson MA, Catalin Mateas BS, Brandon C. Briggs MS, Krisann K. Oursler MD, Erin Blanchard MS, Cathy C. Lee MD, Steven Castle MD, Willy M. Valencia MD, Leslie I. Katzel MD, Jamie Giffuni MA, Teresa Kopp MBA, PT, Michelle McDonald BA, OT, Rebekah Harris PT, DPT, Jonathan F. Bean MD, MPH, Katherine Althuis MS, Neil B. Alexander MD, Kalpana P. Padala MD, MS, Lauren M. Abbate MD, PhD, Toby Wellington MS, James Kostra MS, Kelly Allsup MS, Daniel E. Forman MD, Arti S. Tayade MD, Alan D. Wesley BA, Alice Holder PT, Miriam C. Morey PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721420980313