Modelling age and secular differences in fitness between basketball players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 869-878

  Drinkwater, Eric J ^a,c   Hopkins, Will G ^b   McKenna, Michael J ^c   Hunt, Patrick H ^d   Pyne, David B ^e  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Basketball Australia   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anthropometry; Athlete; Fitness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248197552     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600907870     Document Type: Article

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