Health benefits of different sport disciplines for adults: Systematic review of observational and intervention studies with meta-analysis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 434-440

  Oja, Pekka ^a   Titze, Sylvia ^b   Kokko, Sami ^c   Kujala, Urho M ^c   Heinonen, Ari ^c   Kelly, Paul ^d   Koski, Pasi ^e   Foster, Charlie ^f  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SOCCER; SPORT; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SOCCER; SPORTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84928993616     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093885     Document Type: Review

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