Hand-grip strength of young men, women and highly trained female athletes

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-421

  Leyk, D ^a,c   Gorges, W ^a   Ridder, D ^b   Wunderlich, M ^c   Ruther T ^c   Sievert, A ^c   Essfeld, D ^c  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER FKIE   (Germany)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergonomic references; Gender; Lean body mass; Strength; Trainability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; ERGOMETER; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXERTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 33846883534     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0351-1     Document Type: Article

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