Nordic walking - A new form of adapted physical activity (a literature review)

Human Movement

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-132

  Morgulec Adamowicz, Natalia ^a   Marszałek, Jolanta ^a   Jagustyn, Piotr ^a  

^a JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

adapted physical activity; Nordic Walking; physical activity; review

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959657525     PISSN: 17323991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10038-011-0009-7     Document Type: Review

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