Test items and standards related to body composition on the Brockport Physical Fitness Test

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 356-370

  Short, Francis X ^a   Winnick, Joseph P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BROCKPORT PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST; CEREBRAL PALSY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RELIABILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 26444524943     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: 15432777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.22.4.356     Document Type: Article

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