Age, body mass, and gender as predictors of masters olympic weightlifting performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1216-1224

  Thé, Dwight J ^a   Ploutz snyder, Lori ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Linear regression; Muscular power; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0038016621     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000074582.55220.1c     Document Type: Article

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