Effect of a six-month training programme on the physical capacities of Romanian schoolchildren

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1258-1265

  Serbescu, Carmen ^a,b,c,e   Flora, Dorina ^a,b,c   Hantiu, Iacob ^c   Greene, David ^d   Benhamou, Claude Laurent ^a,b   Courteix, Daniel ^a,b  

^a EA 3895 Architecture du Tissu Osseux et Exercise Physique Orleans   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c Faculty of Physical Education and Sport   (Romania)

^d AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood; EUROFIT; Fitness; Physical education; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; ROMANIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748872714     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250600599719     Document Type: Article

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