Anthropometry profiles of elite rugby players: Quantifying changes in lean mass

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-207

  Duthie, G M ^a,b   Pyne, D B ^c   Hopkins, W G ^d   Livingstone, S ^e   Hooper, S L ^f  

^a NSW Rugby Union   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e Queensland Rugby Union   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; RUGBY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 33644884447     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.019695     Document Type: Article

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