Peak aerobic fitness of visually impaired and sighted adolescent girls

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 495-500

  Williams, C A ^a   Armstrong, N ^b   Eves, N ^b   Faulkner, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c W England Sch Children Little N   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029828255     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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