The effects of an eight-week step-aerobic dance exercise programme on body composition parameters in middle-aged sedentary obese women

International SportMed Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 160-168

  Arslan, Fatma ^a  

^a AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aerobic dance; Body composition; Obese; Step exercises; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864268810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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