Inheritance of physical fitness in 10-yr-old twins and their parents

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1479-1491

  Maes, Hermine H M ^a   Beunen, Gaston P ^b   Vlietinck, Robert F ^b   Neale, Michael C ^b   Thomis, Martine ^b   Eynde, Bavo Vanden ^b   Lysens, Roeland ^b   Simons, Jan ^b   Derom, Catherine ^b   Derom, Robert ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ADIPOSITY; BALANCE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; FLEXIBILITY; HEALTH RELATED FITNESS; HEREDITY; HUMAN VARIATION; MODEL FITTING; Mx; PATH ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE RELATED FITNESS; SPEED; STRENGTH

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STRENGTH; TWINS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PARENTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATION; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 12644256627     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199612000-00007     Document Type: Article

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