Mental Health Benefits of Strength Training in Adults

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-396

  O'connor, Patrick J ^a   Herring, Matthew P ^a   Caravalho, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; cognition; depression; fatigue; pain; resistance training; self esteem; sleep; weight training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385986     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827610368771     Document Type: Review

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