The Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2521-2532

  Gordon, Brett R ^a   McDowell, Cillian P ^a   Lyons, Mark ^a   Herring, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027883826     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-017-0769-0     Document Type: Review

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