Cardiovascular response during low-intensity step-aerobic dance in middle-aged subjects

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Forte, Roberta ^a   De Vito, Giuseppe ^a   Murphy, Niamh ^b   Boreham, Colin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic dance; Ageing; Cardiorespiratory response; Exercise intensity prescription; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956921359     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390100071304     Document Type: Article

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