Judo training is more effective for fitness development than recreational sports for 7-year-old boys

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-338

  Sekulic, Damir ^a   Krstulovic, Sasa ^a   Katic, Ratko ^a   Ostojic, Ljerka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGILITY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747816518     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.18.3.329     Document Type: Article

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