The effect on cardiorespiratory fitness after an 8-week period of commuter cycling - A randomized controlled study in adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 172-177

  Møller, Niels Christian ^a   Østergaard, Lars ^a   Gade, Jens Raaberg ^a   Nielsen, Jeppe Lund ^a   Andersen, Lars Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Body composition; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Physical fitness; Physical performance; Public health

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUTER CYCLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DENMARK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BICYCLING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DENMARK; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 80052688379     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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