Cardio-respiratory fitness markers among Kenyan university students using a 20m shuttle run test (SRT)

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-16

  Magutah, Karani ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cardio respiratory fitness; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; EXHAUSTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; KENYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHUTTLE RUN TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIDAL VOLUME; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VITAL CAPACITY; WEIGHT;

EID: 84876216643     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i1.2     Document Type: Article

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