Exercise-induced anxiolysis: A test of the 'time out' hypothesis in high anxious females

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1107-1112

  Breus, Michael J ^a   O'Connor, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Exercise; State anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0031820638     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199807000-00013     Document Type: Article

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