Trunk muscle endurance tests: Reliability, and gender differences in athletes

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 447-455

  Evans, Kerrie ^a,b   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Adams, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Gender; Reliability; Trunk muscle endurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPORTS;

EID: 35348988054     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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