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Gymnastics

A system of exercise using the weight of the body and specific apparatus to promote strength and grace of carriage.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A system of exercise using the weight of the body and specific apparatus to promote strength and grace of carriage.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Calisthenics

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, injuries, legislation & jurisprudence, physiology, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

"corrective gymnastics" is probably EXERCISE THERAPY

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History Note

CALISTHENICS was see under GYMNASTICS 1963-82

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  1. G11.427.410.698.277w.156w
  2. I03.350w.156w
  3. I03.450.642w.845w.417w

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NLM Classification

QT 260.5.G9

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gymnastics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006173. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006173
  2. Gymnastics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics
  3. Gymnastics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43450