Physical fitness assessment: An update

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-204

  Wilder, Robert P ^a   Greene, Jill Amanda ^b   Winters, Kathryne L ^c   Long III, William B ^c   Gubler, K Dean ^c   Edlich, Richard F ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Legacy Emanuel Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Body composition; Cardiorespiratory endurance; Hydrostatic weighing; Maximal oxygen uptake; Muscular fitness; Muscular strength; Physical fitness assessment; Pretest clinical evaluation; Skinfold measurements; Submaximal exercise

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE; HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING; MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE; MUSCULAR FITNESS; PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT; PRETEST CLINICAL EVALUATION; SKINFOLD MEASUREMENTS; SUBMAXIMAL EXERCISE;

SPORTS MEDICINE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; REVIEW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 33745016301     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v16.i2.90     Document Type: Review

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