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Adviser: Joseph A. O'Kroy.
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Date Issued
2001
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The purpose of this study was to measure a person's propensity for falling in old age based on their lifetime mode of exercise. One hundred independently living older adults were separated into three groups, (1) lifetime start and stop exercisers, SAS, (i.e., basketball, racquet sport players), N = 27; (2) lifetime dynamic exercisers, DYN, (i.e., walkers, runners), N = 48; and (3) a control, C, (inactive), N = 25. Two trials of a timed "Up and Go" test (Podsiadlo & Richardson, 1991) were performed with results ranging from SAS, 5.01 sec +/- 1.16 sec; DYN, 7.04 sec +/- 1.92 sec; and C, 9.95 sec +/- 4.68 sec, mean +/- SD, indicating that lifetime start and stop activities significantly lowers a person's propensity for falling more than dynamic exercise or inactivity.
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49 p.
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9780493418254
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9780493418254
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Adviser: Joseph A. O'Kroy.
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.
Date Backup
2001
Date Text
2001
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2001
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FADT12863
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monographic
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: College of Education
Attributed name: Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion
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von Ammon, Victoria Anne
Graduate College
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49 p.
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Lifetime exercise mode and the propensity of falling in older adults
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2001
monographic
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Lifetime exercise mode and the propensity of falling in older adults
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Lifetime exercise mode and the propensity of falling in older adults