Maturity-associated variation in the body size and proportions of elite female gymnasts 14-17 years of age

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-192

  Claessens, Albrecht L ^a   Lefevre, Johan ^a   Beunen, Gaston P ^a   Malina, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leg length; Menarche; Skeletal age; Young athletes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MATURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; SPORT; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 32044454661     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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