Restorative qualities of indoor and outdoor exercise settings as predictors of exercise frequency

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 971-980

  Hug, Stella Maria ^a   Hartig, Terry ^b   Hansmann, Ralf ^a   Seeland, Klaus ^a   Hornung, Rainer ^c  

^a Environment and Culture Unit   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exercise frequency; Exercise setting; Health benefits of exercise; Restorative environments; Restorative quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249220335     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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