Development of a cadence curl-up test for college students

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-316

  Sparling, Phillip B ^a   Millard Stafford, Mindy ^a   Snow, Teresa K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal endurance; Curl up; Fitness testing; Sit up

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0031301674     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1997.10608012     Document Type: Article

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