Are cardiorespiratory fitness and walking performance associated with self-reported quality of life and work ability?

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-264

  Sörensen, Lars ^a   Honkalehto, Sari ^b   Kallinen, Mauri ^c,d   Pekkonen, Mika ^e   Louhevaara, Veikko ^f   Smolander, Juhani ^b,g   Alén, Markku ^b  

^a Terveystalo Oy   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Central Finland Health Care District   (Finland)

^d GeroCenter Foundation for Research and Development   (Finland)

^e Peurunka Medical Rehabilitation Ctr   (Finland)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^g ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Health related quality of life; Walking performance; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 35348916592     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-007-0023-3     Document Type: Article

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