Adjusting powerlifting performances for differences in body mass

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 412-421

  Cleather, Daniel John ^a  

^a ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric modeling regression; Body weight scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33745215073     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-17545.1     Document Type: Article

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