Quality of life, cortisol blood levels and exercise in older adults: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Mura, Gioia ^a   Cossu, Giulia ^a   Migliaccio, Gian M ^b   Atzori, Claudio ^c   Nardi, Antonio E ^d   Machado, Sergio ^d,e   Carta, Mauro G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CONI Italian Olympic Committee ^*  (Italy)

^c CMT Medical Analysis Laboratory   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Elderly; Exercise; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTURAL GIMNASTIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 84924659267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901410010067     Document Type: Article

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