Body size and somatotype characteristics of male golfers in Japan

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-341

  Kawashima, K ^a   Kato, K ^b   Miyazaki, M ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Golf; Somatotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKILL; SKINFOLD; SOMATOTYPE; SPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; GOLF; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 0345601119     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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