Effects of a 12-month pedometer walking program on gait, Body Mass Index, and lower extremity function in obese women

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 212-220

  Toole, Tonya ^a,c   Thorn, Jenifer E ^b   Panton, Lynn B ^a   Kingsley, Derek ^a   Haymes, Emily M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WALKING;

EID: 34247473393     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.1.212-220     Document Type: Article

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