Aerobic capacity of elderly women engaged in controlled physical activity

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-69

  Da Cunha, Rubens César Lucena ^a,b,c   De Assunção Ferreira, Márcia ^d   Bezerra, Jane Cléria Pereira ^c   Guerra, Ialuska ^a   Dantas, Estélio Henrique Martin ^c  

^a INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade Leão Sampaio   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Castelo Branco   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Elderly women; Physical exercise; Six minute walking test (WT6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953004613     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-010-0008-3     Document Type: Article

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