Physiological changes following a 12 week gym based stair-climbing, elliptical trainer and treadmill running program in females

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-146

  Egana M ^a   Donne, B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Exercise; Females; Physical fitness, psysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 3142712323     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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