A Meta-Analysis on the Anxiety-Reducing Effects of Acute and Chronic Exercise: Outcomes and Mechanisms

Sports Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 143-182

  Petruzzello, Steven J ^a   Landers, Daniel M ^a   Hatfield, Brad D ^b   Kubitz, Karla A ^c   Salazar, Walter ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 0025967423     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199111030-00002     Document Type: Review

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