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Two types of exercise programme for institutionalised older people may preserve the ability to perform some activities of daily living
  1. Terry Haines
  1. 1Physiotherapy Department, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
  2. 2Allied Health Clinical Research Unit, Southern Health, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Terry Haines1 ,2
    Allied Health Clinical Research Unit, Southern Health, Kingston Centre, Kingston Road, Cheltenham, Victoria 3912, Australia; terrence.haines{at}med.monash.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn1061

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    Commentary on: Dechamps A, Diolez P, Thiaudière E, et al. Effects of exercise programs to prevent decline in health-related quality of life in highly deconditioned institutionalized elderly persons: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2010;170:162–9.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

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