Health-related physical fitness among schoolchildren in Lithuania: A comparison from 1992 to 2002

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Volbekienė, Vida ^a   Griciūtė, Aušra ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Adolescents; anthropometric measurement; Eurofit test; performance; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LITHUANIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LITHUANIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 34447118269     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940601160649     Document Type: Article

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