Feasibility, safety and subjective experience of a one-year WTF-Taekwondo training course for middle-aged volunteers: The Sekwondo study

Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 433-441

  Van Dijk, G Pons ^a   Leffers, P ^a   Lodder, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Martial arts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; TAEKWONDO; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84882364334     PISSN: 03933660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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