Body composition and isokinetic strength of professional Sumo wrestlers

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 352-359

  Kanehisa, H ^a   Kondo, M ^b   Ikegawa, S ^c   Fukunaga, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Coll   (Japan)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Fat free mass; Heavy weight athletes; Muscle cross sectional area; Performance ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; B SCAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRESTLING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; WEIGHT LIFTING; WRESTLING;

EID: 0031913162     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050344     Document Type: Article

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