Improving flexibility and endurance of elderly women through a six-month training programme

Human Movement

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-27

  Plachy, Judit ^a   Kovách, Magdolna ^a   Bognár, József ^b  

^a Institute of Sport Sciences   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

Author keywords

aqua fitness; endurance; flexibility; Pilates; range of motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859495974     PISSN: 17323991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10038-011-0050-6     Document Type: Article

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