Anthropometric features and body composition of young athletes practicing karate at a high and medium competitive level

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Giampietro, M ^a   Pujia, A ^b   Bertini, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Karate; Skinfolds; Somatotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMATEUR ATHLETE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARM MUSCLE AREA; ARM MUSCLE CIRCUMFERENCE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELITE ATHLETE; FAT MASS; GRANT INDEX; HUMAN; JACKSON POLLOCK EQUATION; KARATE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCELIC INDEX; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SLOAN WEIR EQUATION; SOMATOTYPE; SPORT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MARTIAL ARTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPES; SPORTS;

EID: 0242321141     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-003-0049-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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