Effect of 4 weeks of Pilates on the body composition of young girls

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-180

  Jago, Russell ^a   Jonker, Mariëlle L ^b,c   Missaghian, Mariam ^b   Baranowski, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Enjoyment; Metabolic syndrome; Overweight

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILATES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TEXAS; TIME;

EID: 33644908759     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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