Body composition, somatotype and proporcionality of elite bodybuilders in Brazil;Composiçaão corporal, somatotipo e proporcionalidade de culturistas de elite do Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 403-412

  da Silva, Paulo Rodrigo Pedroso ^a   de Souza Trindade, Rafael ^b   De Rose, Eduardo Henrique ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UDESC   (Brazil)

^c Comitê Olimpico Brasileiro ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bodybuilding; Faulkner; Kineanthropometry; Phantom; Proportionality; Somatotyping; Z index

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY BUILD; BODY BUILDING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPE; SPORT; STANDING; THORAX; TRAINING;

EID: 0842323899     PISSN: 15178692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-86922003000600005     Document Type: Article

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