Physical fitness of trained runners with and without mild mental retardation

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-137

  Frey, Georgia C ^a   McCubbin, Jeffrey A ^b   Hannigan Downs, Steve ^b   Kasser, Susan L ^c   Skaggs, Steven O ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; RUNNING; STRENGTH; TORQUE;

EID: 0032917289     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.16.2.126     Document Type: Article

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