Steps counts among middle school students vary with aerobic fitness level

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-22

  Le Masurier, Guy C ^a   Corbin, Charles B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Fitness; Pedometers; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 33645772919     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2006.10599327     Document Type: Article

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