Effects of nordic walking on body composition, muscle strength, and lipid profile in elderly women

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Song, Min Sun ^a   Yoo, Yong Kwon ^b   Choi, Chan Hun ^c   Kim, Nam Cho ^d  

^a Konyang University   (South Korea)

^b Dongkang College University   (South Korea)

^c Dongshin University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul Metropolitan Government Seobuk Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aged; body composition; lipids; muscle strength; walking

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORDIC WALKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; THERAPY EFFECT; TOTAL BODY WATER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING;

EID: 84875416192     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: 20937482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anr.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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