Effects of a short-term wheelchair yoga intervention on balance in elderly women with neurodegenerative diseases: A preliminary study

Abstract

Study aim: This study examined effects of practicing of the wheelchair yoga intervention for 4 weeks on static and dynamic balance and physical, mental and social health in elderly female wheelchair users with neurodegenerative diseases.

Keywords

• balance
• females 65 and older
• mobility impairment
• exercise stimuli
• wheelchair yoga
• quality of life