Effect of Low-Impact Aerobic Dance on the Functional Fitness of Elderly Women

R. Hopkins, D.; Murrah, B.; W.K. Hoeger, Werner; Colbert Rhodes, Robert

doi:10.1093/geront/30.2.189

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Effect of Low-Impact Aerobic Dance on the Functional Fitness of Elderly Women

Published in The Gerontologist • Apr 1, 1990

Authors:

D. R. Hopkins

B. Murrah

Werner W.K. Hoeger

Abstract

To determine the effect of low-impact aerobic dance on sedentary elderly women (N = 53), functional fitness was measured by items from the proposed American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) fitness test for older adults. After 12-weeks of low-impact aerobic dan...

Subject

Cardiorespiratory fitness

Dance

Aerobic exercise

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