Validation of the rockport fitness walking test in college males and females

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 152-158

  Dolgener, Forrest A ^a   Hensley, Larry D ^a   Marsh, Jeanette J ^a   Fjelstul, Jill K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic metabolism; Oxygen uptake; Physical fitness; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORECASTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; WALKING;

EID: 0028455510     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1994.10607610     Document Type: Article

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