Acute weight gain and performance in college wrestlers

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-160

  Utter, Alan ^a   Kang, Jie ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; NCAA; Rehydration; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032399816     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199808000-00006     Document Type: Article

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