A modified step test based on a function of subjects' stature

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 987-993

  Ashley, Candi D ^a,b   Smith, Joe F ^a   Reneau, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0031465034     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.987     Document Type: Article

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