Anthropometric and performance variables discriminating elite American junior men weightlifters

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 861-866

  Fry, Andrew C ^a   Ciroslan, Dragomir ^b   Fry, Mary D ^a   LeRoux, Christopher D ^a   Schilling, Brian K ^a   Chiu, Loren Z F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Flexibility; Power; Strength; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33845806578     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-18355.1     Document Type: Article

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