Derivation of an age and weight handicap for the 5K run

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Vanderburgh, Paul M ^a   Laubach, Lloyd L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age handicap; Allometry; Running; Weight handicap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; HANDICAP SCORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33947140486     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10913670709337011     Document Type: Article

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