Growth status and estimated growth rate of youth football players: A community-based study

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-132

  Malina, Robert M ^a,e   Morano, Peter J ^b   Barron, Mary ^c   Miller, Susan J ^c   Cumming, Sean P ^d  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Box 140 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Height; Overweight; Weight; Young athletes; Youth sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOOTBALL; GROWTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROBABILITY;

EID: 18744409363     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000164287.42066.63     Document Type: Article

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