Very short intermittent vs continuous bouts of activity in sedentary adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 332-336

  Macfarlane, Duncan J ^a   Taylor, Lynne H ^a   Cuddihy, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Exercise; Fatness; Lifestyle; Structured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS BOUT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMITTENT BOUT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749522202     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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