Resistance exercise training: Its role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2642-2650

  Braith, Randy W ^a   Stewart, Kerry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Exercise; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33745161871     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.584060     Document Type: Review

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