Health benefits for veteran (senior) tennis players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 469-476

  Marks, Bonita L ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

BEHAVIOR; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CROSS TRAINING; DATA BASE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; SPORT INJURY; TENNIS; THERMOREGULATION; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; TENNIS;

EID: 33646378662     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.024877     Document Type: Review

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