Health-related fitness test battery for adults: Aspects of reliability

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-405

  Suni, Jaana H ^a   Oja, Pekka ^a   Laukkanen, Raija T ^a   Miilunpalo, Seppo I ^a   Pasanen, Matti E ^a   Vuori, Ilkka M ^a   Vartiainen, Tuula Marja ^a   Bös, Klaus ^b  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029880827     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90092-1     Document Type: Article

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