Are intensified physical education sessions able to elicit heart rate at a sufficient level to promote aerobic fitness in adolescents?

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-288

  Baquet, Georges ^a   Berthoin, Serge ^a   Praagh, Emmanuel Van ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Health; Maximal aerobic speed; Monitoring; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0036716408     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2002.10609021     Document Type: Article

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