Body composition by DEXA and its association with physical fitness in 140 conscripts

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2242-2247

  Mattila, Ville M ^a,c   Tallroth, Kaj ^b   Marttinen, Markku ^b   Pihlajamäki, Harri ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^b ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fat mass; Linear regression; Military personnel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FINLAND; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING;

EID: 36749049822     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318155a813     Document Type: Article

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