Anthropometric, body composition and somatotype differences of Greek elite female basketball, volleyball and handball players

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-280

  Bayios, I A ^a   Bergeles, N K ^a   Apostolidis, N G ^a   Noutsos, K S ^a   Koskolou, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Basketball; Body composition; Competition level; Female; Handball; Somatotype; Volleyball

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; SOMATOTYPE; VOLLEYBALL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASKETBALL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GREECE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPES; SPORTS;

EID: 33746805479     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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