The regional placement of bone mineral mass, fat mass, and lean soft tissue mass in young adult Rugby Union players

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 11-14, 2005, Pages 1462-1472

  Bell, W ^a   Evans, W D ^b   Cobner, D M ^a   Eston, R G ^c  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral mass; Fat mass; Lean soft tissue mass; Regional placement; Rugby Union players

Indexed keywords

BONE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BONE MINERAL MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; LEAN SOFT TISSUE MASS; REGIONAL PLACEMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ATHLETE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOOTBALL; HEAD; HUMAN; LEG; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUGBY; SOFT TISSUE; TRUNK;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644813826     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500101007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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