The Importance of Physical Activity Exercise among Older People

Birgitta Langhammer¹, Astrid Bergland², Elisabeth Rydwik^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
² Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
³ Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Huddinge, Sweden.
⁴ Stockholm County Council, Research and Development Unit for the Elderly, Järfälla, Sweden.

Editorial

Birgitta Langhammer et al. Biomed Res Int. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 5:2018:7856823.

doi: 10.1155/2018/7856823. eCollection 2018.

Birgitta Langhammer¹, Astrid Bergland², Elisabeth Rydwik^{3

4}

¹ Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
² Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
³ Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Huddinge, Sweden.
⁴ Stockholm County Council, Research and Development Unit for the Elderly, Järfälla, Sweden.

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