Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 192-199 , February 2007

Changes in Flexed Posture, Musculoskeletal Impairments, and Physical Performance After Group Exercise in Community-Dwelling Older Women

  • Wendy B. Katzman, DPTSc

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Wendy B. Katzman, DPTSc, University of California, UCSF Box 0625, San Francisco, CA 94143-0625.
    • ,
  • Deborah E. Sellmeyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Anita L. Stewart, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Linda Wanek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
    • ,
  • Kate A. Hamel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.

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 Supported in part by the General Clinical Research Center, Moffitt/MZ Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, the National Center for Research Resources, U.S. Public Health Service (grant no. MO1 RR-00079), the California Physical Therapy Fund, and the Mount Zion Health Fund.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.10.033

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 192-199 , February 2007

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