Validity of skinfold estimates of percent fat in high school female gymnasts

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1331-1335

  Housh, Terry J ^a   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Housh, Dona J ^a   Eckerson, Joan M ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS VALIDATION; FEMALE ATHLETES; GYMNASTICS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0029860276     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199610000-00019     Document Type: Article

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