Unipodal performance and leg muscle mass in jumping skills among ballet dancers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 415-418

  Golomer, Eveline ^a   Keller, Jean ^a   Féry, Yves André ^a   Testa, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ART; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ART; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 3342984053     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.2.415-418     Document Type: Article

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