The effects of a 12-week group exercise programme on physiological and psychological variables and function in overweight women

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-42

  Grant, S ^a   Todd, K ^a   Aitchison, T C ^b   Kelly, P ^c   Stoddart, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Shettleston Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHAIR; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING;

EID: 0348149070     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00131-8     Document Type: Article

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