Autor(es): Santos-Rocha, Rita ; Oliveira, Carla ; Veloso, António Prieto
Data: 2006
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/1672
Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
Assunto(s): body weight; exercise; humans; osteogenesis; step; osteogenic index
Step exercise has been promoted as a low impact physical activity recommended for the improvement of cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness. This recreational activity might also be recommended to improve bone health since mechanical load plays an important role in the normal development of the skeleton.
