Olympic lightweight and open-class rowers possess distinctive physical and proportionality characteristics

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Kerr, D A ^a   Ross, W D ^b   Norton, K ^c   Hume, P ^d   Kagawa, M ^a   Ackland, T R ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Olympic rowers; Proportionality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; ROWING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPES; SPORTS;

EID: 37849185704     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600812179     Document Type: Article

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