Active travel to school and cardiovascular fitness in Danish children and adolescents

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1724-1731

  Cooper, Ashley R ^a   Wedderkopp, Niels ^b   Wang, Han ^a   Andersen, Lars Bo ^c   Froberg, Karsten ^b   Page, Angie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Cycling; Physical activity; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYCLING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; DENMARK; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; WALKING;

EID: 33749464560     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000229570.02037.1d     Document Type: Article

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