Physiological and psychological responses to a 12-week BodyBalance training programme

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-307

  Khan, Rabia S ^a   Marlow, Caroline ^a   Head, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Back strength; Flexibility; Mind body

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 42649112410     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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