Can thigh girth be measured accurately? A preliminary investigation

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Maylia, Eric ^a   Fairclough, John A ^b   Nokes, Leonard D M ^a   Jones, Michael D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiff Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Hypertrophy; Tape measure; Thigh bulk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; THIGH;

EID: 0033063796     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.8.1.43     Document Type: Article

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