Impact of a walking program in people with down syndrome

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 180-184

  Carmeli, Eli ^a   Barchad, Shmuel ^b   Masharawi, Youssef ^a   Coleman, Raymond ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Neve Ram Inst People Spec Needs   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Treadmill walking; Vascular occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 1642302529     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-200402000-00027     Document Type: Article

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