Acute effects of walking on inflammatory and cardiovascular risk in sedentary post-menopausal women

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-309

  Davis, Jillian ^a   Murphy, Marie ^a   Trinick, Tom ^b   Duly, Ellie ^b   Nevill, Alan ^c   Davison, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Plasma fibrinogen; Post menopausal women; Walking

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WALKING;

EID: 37349005301     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701552906     Document Type: Article

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