Body physique and composition in premenarchal ballerinas and female athletes in aesthetic sports

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 175-179

  Misigoj Durakovic, Marjeta ^a,b,c   Vucetic, Vlatko ^d   Durakovic, Zijad ^a,e   Wolf Cvitak, Jasenka ^c   Matkovic, Branka ^c   Corovic, Naima ^f   Bonevski, Aleksandra ^g  

^a Department of Kinesiological Anthropology ^*  (Croatia)

^b Medicine of Sport and Exercise   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d Research Novice

^e KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^f INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^g Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AESTHETIC SPORT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BALLET DANCER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FIGURE SKATING; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; SPORT;

EID: 30944441878     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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