Pedometer indices for weekly physical activity recommendations in postmenopausal women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1627-1632

  Jordan, Alexander N ^a   Jurca, Gina M ^a   Locke, Catrine Tudor ^b   Church, Timothy S ^a   Blair, Steven N ^a  

^a Center for Laboratory and Medical Research ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Exercise; Females; Step counters; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE TO EXERCISE IN WOMEN STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ENERGY METABOLISM; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 25444485425     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000177455.58960.aa     Document Type: Article

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