Secular trends in body dimensions and physical fitness among adolescents in Sweden from 1974 to 1995

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-137

  Westerstahl, M ^a,b,c   Barnekow Bergkvist, M ^b   Hedberg, G ^b   Jansson, E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Exercise; Human; Performance; Physical capacity; Teenager

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROWTH; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RUNNING; SITTING; SWEDEN; WALKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ENDURANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0038646082     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.10274.x     Document Type: Article

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