Health and fitness benefits of a resistance training intervention performed in the workplace

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 811-817

  Zavanela, Plinio M ^a   Crewther, Blair T ^b   Lodo, Leandro ^a   Florindo, Alex A ^a   Miyabara, Elen H ^a   Aoki, Marcelo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Blood pressure; Flexibility; Muscular endurance; Pain incidence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84859792788     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318225ff4d     Document Type: Article

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