Cycling peak power in obese and lean 6- To 8-year-old girls and boys

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-371

  Aucouturier, Julien ^a   Lazaar, Nordine ^a   Doré, Eric ^a   Meyer, Martine ^b   Ratel, Sebastien ^a   Duché, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Cycling; Gender; Muscle power; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BICYCLING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 34547430679     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H06-114     Document Type: Article

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