The recommended quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, and flexibility in healthy adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 975-991

  Pollock, Michael L ^a   Gaesser, Glenn A ^a   Butcher, Janus D ^a   Després, Jean Pierre ^a   Dishman, Rod K ^a   Franklin, Barry A ^a   Garber, Carol Ewing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLIABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARD;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLIABILITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 0032088943     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199806000-00032     Document Type: Review

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