Walking trials in postmenopausal women: Effect of one vs two daily bouts on aerobic fitness

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-105

  Asikainen, T M ^a   Miilunpalo, S ^a   Oja, P ^a   Rinne, M ^a   Pasanen, M ^a   Vuori, I ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body fatness; Dose response; Exercise; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME; WALKING;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0036527433     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2002.120206.x     Document Type: Article

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