Sport-seasonal changes in body composition, growth, power and strength of adolescent wrestlers

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 92-99

  Roemmich, J N ^a,b   Sinning, W E ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Power; Strength; Weight loss; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TORQUE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRESTLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WRESTLING;

EID: 0030030047     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972814     Document Type: Article

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