Volume 5, Number 12A, December 2013 (Special Issue on Aging Research)

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• Gait, posture and transfer assessment among elderly practitioners and non-practitioners of Tai Chi Chuan ()
  Miguel Antonio Rahal, Félix Ricardo Andrusaitis, Thuan Silva Rodrigues, Angelica Castilho Alonso, Julia Maria D’ Andrea Greve, Luiz Eugênio Garcez Leme
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A016    4,389 Downloads  5,987 Views   Citations
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• Quality of life in the elderly: Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-OLD module in Mexico ()
  Ana Luisa González-Celis, Juana Gómez-Benito
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A015    7,473 Downloads  11,252 Views   Citations
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• A descriptive study about the use of pillboxes by older adults ()
  Frank Roger Defanti e Souza, Carla da Silva Santana
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A014    7,933 Downloads  10,695 Views   Citations
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• Utility of “loco-check,” self-checklist for “locomotive syndrome” as a tool for estimating the physical dysfunction of elderly people ()
  Yasumoto Matsui, Marie Takemura, Atsushi Harada, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A013    3,999 Downloads  6,395 Views   Citations
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• Personality factors and self-perceived health in Chi-lean elderly population ()
  Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Gonzalo Leyton, Eduardo Salazar
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A012    5,727 Downloads  8,163 Views   Citations
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• Visual reweighting in postural control is less adaptative in older adults ()
  José Angelo Barela, Giovanna Gracioli Genoves, Bruno Alleoni, Ana Maria Forti Barela
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A010    3,742 Downloads  5,545 Views   Citations
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• Images of sorrow—Experiences of losing a co-twin in old age ()
  Sirpa Pietilä Rosendahl, Pia Bülow, Anita Björklund
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A009    5,093 Downloads  7,185 Views   Citations
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• Investigating the circulatory-respiratory response of elderly people during Tai Chi Yuttari-exercise ()
  Takuo Nomura, Yoshiteru Akezaki, Kohei Mori, Emi Nakamata, Fuminari Asada, Yoshiaki Mori, Satoru Kai, Masahito Watanabe
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A008    4,467 Downloads  6,465 Views   Citations
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• Falls and health-related quality of life (SF-36) in elderly people—ISACAMP 2008 ()
  Iara Guimarães Rodrigues, Margareth Guimarães Lima, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A007    6,032 Downloads  8,441 Views   Citations
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• Can the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) be used to understand risk factors for falls in older Australian women? ()
  Afsoon Hassani Mehraban, Lynette Mackenzie, Julie Byles, Richard Gibson, Cassie Curryer
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 25, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A006    4,554 Downloads  6,948 Views   Citations
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• Reasons for the Creation of New Social Networks by the Elderly after Relocation ()
  Yoshiko Kudo, Kazuko Saeki
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 10, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A005    3,930 Downloads  6,008 Views   Citations
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• Is the whole greater than the sum of the parts? Self-rated health and transdisciplinarity ()
  Martin Picard, Robert-Paul Juster, Catherine M. Sabiston
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 10, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A004    3,974 Downloads  6,325 Views   Citations
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• Easy detecting signal of cognitive decline in healthy community-dwelling elderly people ()
  Takeshi Hatta, Taketoshi Hatta, Chie Hotta, Emi Ito, Akihiko Iwahara, Naoko Nagahara, Junko Hatta, Kazumi Fujiwara, Nobuyuki Hamajima
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 10, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A003    3,104 Downloads  4,918 Views   Citations
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• Increased physical activity, physician recommendation, and senior center participation ()
  James H. Swan, Keith Turner, Shilpa Shashidhara, David Sanders
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 10, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A002    4,037 Downloads  6,408 Views   Citations
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• The effectiveness of Japanese sandals use on lower leg function among elderly women living in the community ()
  Mizue Hiura, Kazuko Nishisaka, Kiyomi Higashi, Chiharu Matsumoto
  Health Vol.5 No.12A,  December 10, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512A001    3,570 Downloads  6,311 Views   Citations
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