Determining a minimum wrestling weight for interscholastic wrestlers

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-212

  Luttermoser, Gary ^a   Gochenour, Debra ^a   Shaughnessy, Allen F ^a  

^a Harrisburg Family Practice Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Anthropometry; Body weight; Electric impedance; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WRESTLING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENTS; WRESTLING;

EID: 0033362340     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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