Body size and composition of National Football League players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 485-489

  Kraemer, William J ^a   Torine, Jon C ^b   Silvestre, Ricardo ^a   French, Duncan N ^c   Ratamess, Nicholas A ^d   Spiering, Barry A ^a   Hatfield, Disa L ^a   Vingren, Jakob L ^a   Volek, Jeff S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Indianapolis Colts Professional Football Team   (United States)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Air displacement plethysmography; Athletics; BOD POD; NFL; Percentage fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 24944446427     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/18175.1     Document Type: Article

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