Physique traits of lightweight rowers and their relationship to competitive success

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 736-741

  Slater, Gary J ^a,b   Rice, A J ^b   Mujika, I ^b   Hahn, A G ^b   Sharpe, K ^c   Jenkins, D G ^d  

^a National Stadium   (Singapore)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SOMATOTYPES; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 26044447780     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.015990     Document Type: Article

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