Anthropometric characteristics, body composition and somatotype of elite junior tennis players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 793-799

  Sánchez Muñoz, Cristóbal ^a   Sanz, David ^b   Zabala, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Area de Docencia e Investigacion de la Real Federacion Espanola de Tenis   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOMATOTYPE; SPORTS SCIENCE; TENNIS; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; TENNIS;

EID: 35948938901     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.037119     Document Type: Article

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