Movement performance and body size: The relationship for different groups of tests

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 139-149

  Markovic, Goran ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric parameter; Functional; Mass; Muscle; Physical

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RUNNING; SPORT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SIZE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 3042734508     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1076-7     Document Type: Article

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