The efficacy of accumulated short bouts versus single daily bouts of brisk walking in improving aerobic fitness and blood lipid profiles

Health Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 803-815

  Woolf May, K ^a   Kearney, E M ^b   Owen, A ^c   Jones, D W ^c   Davison, R C R ^a   Bird, S R ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ADULT; AEROBIOSIS; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WALKING;

EID: 0032784728     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/14.6.803     Document Type: Article

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