Sapporo Fitness Club Trial (SFCT) - Design, recruitment and implementation of a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of exercise at a fitness club for the reduction of cardiovascular risk factors

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1199-1204

  Igarashi, Kumiko ^a   Fujita, Kumiko ^a   Yamase, Tomomi ^a   Morita, Noriteru ^b   Okita, Koichi ^b,c   Satake, Keiji ^a   Kanazawa, Naomi ^a   Nishijima, Hirotaka ^a  

^a Sapporo Health Promotion Center   (Japan)

^b HOKUSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fitness club; Randomized controlled trial; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 10944238649     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.1199     Document Type: Article

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