Body composition characteristics of elite male basketball players

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-126

  Gerodimos, V ^a   Manou, V ^a   Kellis, E ^b   Kellis, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Basketball; Body composition; Body mass index; Fat; Fat free mass; Player position

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844475132     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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