Training effects of short bouts of stair climbing on cardiorespiratory fitness, blood lipids, and homocysteine in sedentary young women

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 590-593

  Boreham, C A G ^a   Kennedy, R A ^a   Murphy, M H ^a   Tully, M ^b   Wallace, W F M ^b   Young, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SITTING; STAIR CLIMBING; TRAINING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 24644441816     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2002.001131     Document Type: Article

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