Does living in urban or rural settings affect aspects of physical fitness in children? An allometric approach

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 671-674

  Tsimeas, Panagiotis D ^a   Tsiokanos, A L ^a   Koutedakis, Y ^a   Tsigilis, N ^a   Kellis, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILITY RUN TEST; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL THROW TEST; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GREECE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RUNNING; RURAL AREA; SHUTTLE RUN TEST; SIT AND REACH TEST; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL JUMP TEST;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 24644448390     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.017384     Document Type: Article

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