Canadian musculoskeletal fitness norms

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 430-442

  Payne, Nancy ^a   Gledhill, Norman ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a   Jamnik, Veronica K ^a   Keir, Peter J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leg power; Normative data; Partial curl ups; Vertical jump

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND GRIP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0034571776     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h00-028     Document Type: Article

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