Excess of mixed-footedness among professional soccer players

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 695-699

  Grouios, George ^a   Kollias, Nikos ^a   Koidou, Irini ^a   Poderi, Anastasia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SPORT;

ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCCER;

EID: 0036547614     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.2.695     Document Type: Article

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