The effects of 60 minutes of brisk walking per week, accumulated in two different patterns, on cardiovascular risk

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-97

  Murtagh, Elaine M ^a   Boreham, Colin A G ^a   Nevill, Alan ^b   Hare, Lesley G ^c   Murphy, Marie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Cardiovascular risk; Continuous; Exercise; Health; Intermittent; Walking

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 19944369760     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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