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| A home-based intervention to improve balance, gait and self-confidence in older adults | | Author(s) | Kathleen Williams, Karen Mustian, Christopher Kovacs |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 27, no 2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 1-16 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Mobility ; Self esteem ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effects were examined of a low to moderate intensity balance programme for 54 older adults emphasizing self-efficacy information. Participants were assigned to an exercise group with a self-efficacy intervention or as exercise only controls. Efficacy information focused on mastery experiences and social persuasion. Older adults were pre- and post-tested before a 16 week, self-paced programme. Post-testing revealed that adherence was higher for the efficacy intervention group. No significant main or interaction effects occurred for balance and mobility measures. The efficacy intervention in this investigation resulted in greater adherence to activity, without concomitant improvements in balance and mobility. Results suggest that mastery information given participants was not sufficiently salient to result in improved balance. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040113201 A |
| Classmark | CEA: C4: DPA: 4C: 7T |
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