Effects of an 18 week walking programme on cardiac function in previously sedentary or relatively inactive adults

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-53

  Woolf May, Kathryn ^a   Bird, Stephen ^a   Owen, A ^b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; Heart; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

EID: 0031038644     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.31.1.48     Document Type: Article

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