Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 358-361 , February 2009

Stability of Kyphosis, Strength, and Physical Performance Gains 1 Year After a Group Exercise Program in Community-Dwelling Hyperkyphotic Older Women

Presented as a poster to the American Physical Therapy Association, February 2008, Nashville, TN.

  • Sarah B. Pawlowsky, DPT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Sarah B. Pawlowsky, DPT, University of California, UCSF Box 0736, San Francisco, CA 94143-0736
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  • Kate A. Hamel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
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  • Wendy B. Katzman, DPTSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources UCSF-CTSI (grant no. UL1 RR024131).

 The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

 We certify that no party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on us or on any organization with which we are associated.

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PII: S0003-9993(08)01568-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 358-361 , February 2009

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