Diverse Exercises Similarly Reduce Older Adults’ Mobility Limitations
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1530-0315,0195-9131
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000002001