Leg power in young women: Relationship to body composition, strength, and function

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1321-1326

  Thomas, Mathew ^b   Fiatarone, Maria A ^b   Fielding, Roger A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

HABITUAL GAIT VELOCITY; MAXIMAL GAIT VELOCITY; ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM; RESISTANCE TRAINING

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029979743     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199610000-00017     Document Type: Article

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