Effects of regular exercise combined with ingestion of vespa amino acid mixture on aerobic fitness and cardiovascular disease risk factors in sedentary older women: A preliminary study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Sasai, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Matsuo, Tomoaki ^a,b   Fujita, Minoru ^c   Saito, Masato ^c   Tanaka, Kiyoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Intra abdominal fat; Randomized trial; Regular exercise; Vespa amino acid mixture

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SITTING; WASP;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 78650243628     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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