Anthropometric characteristics of elite male junior rowers

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-216

  Bourgois, Jan ^a   Claessens, Albrecht L ^b   Vrijens, Jacques ^c   Philippaerts, Renaat ^b   van Renterghem, Bart ^c   Thomis, Martine ^b   Janssens, Melissa ^c   Loos, Ruth ^b   Lefevre, Johan ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body size; Junior; Males; Rowers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKINFOLD; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BELGIUM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPORTS;

EID: 0034028971     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.34.3.213     Document Type: Article

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