Can simple anthropometric and physical performance tests track training-induced changes in load-carriage ability?

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 742-748

  Williams, Alun G ^a   Rayson, Mark P ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leigh Court Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STRENGTH; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33746943721     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.8.742     Document Type: Article

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