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Research Papers

Views and experiences of visually impaired older people and exercise instructors about the Falls Management Exercise programme: a qualitative study

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Pages 2561-2567 | Received 23 Jul 2019, Accepted 10 Dec 2019, Published online: 25 Dec 2019

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