Effect of maturation on the relationship between physical performance and body size

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 245-250

  Nedeljkovic, Aleksanda ^a   Mirkov, Dragan M ^a   Kukolj, Milos ^a   Ugarkovic, Dusan ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric; Movement; Scaling; Soccer; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947668843     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-200702000-00044     Document Type: Article

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