Secular changes in shuttle-run performance: A 23-year retrospective comparison of 9- to 11-year-old children

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-373

  Reed, Katharine E ^a   Warburton, Darren E R ^a   Whitney, Crystal L ^a   McKay, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 33747832534     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.18.3.364     Document Type: Article

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