Differences in fat-free mass and muscle thicknesses at various sites according to performance level among judo athletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 654-657

  Kubo, Junjiro ^a   Chishaki, Takeharu ^b   Nakamura, Natsumi ^c   Muramatsu, Tadashi ^d   Yamamoto, Yousuke ^e   Ito, Masamitsu ^e   Saitou, Hitoshi ^f   Kukidome, Takeshi ^g  

^a Heisei International University   (Japan)

^b MATSUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Olympic Games; Training; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33749011973     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-17054.1     Document Type: Article

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