Exercise training for African Americans with disabilities residing in difficult social environments

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 290-295

  Rimmer, James H ^a   Nicola, Terry ^a   Riley, Barth ^a   Creviston, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Chronic disease; Disabled persons; Exercise; Intervention studies; Minority groups; Physical fitness; Poverty

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAMSTRING; HAND GRIP; HIP; HOME; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SHOULDER; SITTING; SKINFOLD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRENGTH; TRAINING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICAGO; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036876376     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00517-2     Document Type: Article

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