Body composition relates poorly to performance tests in NCAA division III football players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-244

  Stuempfle, Kristin J ^a   Katch, Frank I ^b   Petrie, David F ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Densitometry; Performance tests

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; SITING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERTION; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROBABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038542142     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0238:BCRPTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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