Comparison of the effects of swimming and Tai Chi Chuan on body fat composition in elderly people

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-134

  Yu, Tung Yang ^b   Pei, Yu Cheng ^b   Lau, Yiu Chung ^b   Chen, Chih Kuang ^b   Hsu, Hung Chih ^b   Wong, Alice M K ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body composition; Fat distribution; Swimming; Tai Chi Chuan

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWIMMING; TAI CHI; THIGH; THORAX; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWIMMING; TAI JI;

EID: 34447118344     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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